Before we get to the actual business purpose of the trip - the events at USC, here is another entry on sightseeing in the LA area. Among the people I try to link up with whenever I am on the west coast is a friend of mine from Jacobs - Ryan. We worked together from 1999 to 2001 or so, and stayed in touch after that, until he eventually moved to LA for the USC MBA program.
Ryan is at Toyota now, and lives in San Pedro on top of the hill. Here are two photos of the Port of LA and surrounding San Pedro (or "the 'dro" as he calls it) taken from the deck of his house.
After some refreshements, we took a short walk to the Korean Freedom Bell park that is near Ryan's house. This park is featured in a scene in the movie "The Usual Suspects" - another fun thing about visiting the area. Here are Bill and I near the pogoda. I realized when I uploaded these I don't have one of Ryan or Marlin, his Boston Terrier, who took the walk with us.
Closing out this entry with a couple of photos from the Long Beach Airport, taken during our departure. This first one is of the tower, taken from the observation deck that overlooks the airfield. Besides the deco-era design, of note is a series of exhibits on aviation history that took place here - there is a long tradition that centers on the World War II effort. If you take Jet Blue to Long Beach it is definitely worthwhile to take a little longer to check it out.
Also, this last photo from the observation platform. Our plane was the one on the right. I wanted to take the photo because in the background was an Air Force base - and if you look closely at the plane above the cockpit of our Jet Blue aircraft, you'll see it is a B1-B...despite the quality of the phone cam photo, I was excited because this is the closest I've ever come to one of these.
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