Burbank 91505

This past weekend I was very spoiled by heading to visit our precious friends in Burbank, California. Mom and Anne met me out there and we spent lots of time chatting together and visiting many sights. We had the best tour guides in town!

Highlights were visiting a tea room in Pasadena (Prince Charles and lots of other famous people have been there!), star gazing in Beverly Hills (maybe I saw Aretha Franklin in Tiffany's...)
...seeing a taping of 8 Simple Rules. (Cute, funny show!) Watch Friday night 8pm in a couple of weeks, you may hear one of us laughing! ...shopping at Trader Joe's and walking Tucker (their wonderful dog!)





The girls at the tearoom!



Our happy tourguide!

Pray for Pensacola

As some of you know, I grew up in Pensacola, FL, which was recently hit hardest by Hurricane Ivan. According to the local newspaper, many of the bridges are out and many homes, businesses, and hospitals have been destroyed or badly damaged. 90% of town has no electricity, all drinking water needs to be boiled, phones are working about half the time, and a 5:00 curfew has been enacted.

My father was able to evacuate, but he hasn't been able to get back to the house to see what kind of damage it sustained.

I talked to a cousin in nearby Navarre, who said that the entire extended Brooks family was doing fine, with little damage done to the homes. He requested that we "pray for patience"; as many people are getting frustrated as they begin to realize the extent of the damage.

Oklahoma!

Since neither of us had ever been to Oklahoma, we jumped in the car after church today and made the three hour drive up to Oklahoma City. We stopped for a late lunch at one of the city's oldest restaurants, Cattlemen's, and then spent the rest of our time at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. It's hard to believe that the bombing happened over nine years ago.


We read that someone won this restaurant in a Craps game



Overlooking the Memorial