Getting Down at the Gym

A crew was power washing the garage floors and we were directed Down instead of the usual Up.

Down, down we went ... "I didn't even know this was down here!" I said to Richie. He shook his head in agreement. We had to take four escalators to get to the gym, that's how far down we were.

As I was leaving aftr my workout, I quipped to the very nice young woman at the desk, "We had to park so far down (sympathetic head shake on her part) that we were next to three Chinese kids playing soccer." And she roared.

Once down the four escalators and in the car, I checked the cell phone for messages and the screen read -- for the first time ever -- "Searching for a signal..."

That's D O W N.