beige_alert | PEACE AND QUIET!

Yesterday Joyce and I wandered around the city a bit, eventually stopping at a Starbucks where we enjoyed mocha frappuccinos (310 kcal for “tall” size, and well worth it). That’s not what I want to write about, however. What I want to write about is MacArthur Square. This is a park on top of a parking garage. This sounds like a wonderful idea. If you are deaf, or listening to very loud music on your headphones, I suppose it is. I really want to put up an audio recording made while sitting on some of the nice, tree-shaded park benches they have. Which are located right next to the giant ventilation fans for the garage. Oh, and some are right next to a giant air conditioning system, so from there you get humongous fans in stereo: air conditioner on one side and parking garage fan on the other. It looks pretty. It seems safe, right between the courthouse and the police headquarters. BUT IT’S REALLY NOISY! IT MAKES YOU WANT TO GO SOMEPLACE QUIETER TO HANG OUT, LIKE THE AIRPORT!