Mural Oasis In Primm (Part I)

 As you drive into Nevada from California the first city you see is Primm and what is called the Prizm Outlets. It is about 40 miles from Las Vegas. I heard about something called the Mural Oasis at the Outlets and as I pulled into Primm I decided to stop (I really needed to use a bathroom) and take a look at the murals on the outside of the outlets. I was really impressed with them. 

The murals are done by different artists and are amazing to look out even in the night sky:

These murals were amazing to see and there (a teaser) were more inside. 

Mixing History Into the Present Day

 

Township Commons is Oakland's new park. Back in the 1930's, the city of Oakland built the 9th Avenue Terminal for ships and until the 1960's it was used to load and unload break-bulk cargo- cargo that isn't transported in standard containers-like lumber and steel. By the 1960's almost everything could be put into a container and the 9th Avenue Terminal became a place that was not needed as ships started to outgrow the terminal.

The park took a long time to be built (and with it the apartments with it) and they couldn't retain the whole shed (where the ships could come in and load and off-load) but they did their best to retain what they could. To me they did a great job of mixing history into a cool present day park:

Part of the sheds where cargo was loaded and unloaded back in the day

This area used to flooded so ships could pull up and be unloaded and loaded

And they retained the chalks and everything that the ships would tie-up to:

And the views are amazing:

Even though it took a long time, they built Township Commons Park right. Mixing in Oakland's Shipping past with the present. 

Music Monday: Songs About Leadership

 Music Monday: Just some songs about leadership:

Hope I got the leadership thing down. 

Squeezed In for Breakfast

 

It is weird as different places in California have different standards when it comes to dining. In the Central Valley they allowed 15% occupancy to dine in. I was driving and went to a place called Squeeze In in Modesto:

And the breakfast was amazing:

Squeeze In is an interesting place with amazing food. 

A Walk Through San Francisco's Chinatown

 

I decided to finally take a walk through San Francisco's Chinatown. San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest outside of Asia and also the oldest in North America:

And for me, the one place I have to visit is the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory:

And it is the Year of the Ox:

I so want this Swatch Watch:

Happy Lunar New Year to all.