Nice set, Rick! A long time ago I worked in the restaurant in the Hotel De Anza.
Since you posted this in the Photo Critique gallery, I will give you some ideas.
I like the distorted car on the left, although I wish I could see more of it. I don't like the way it's been chopped. I expect you were working to keep the canopy on the hotel in. I understand how that can be.
I would like to see some sky detail. In order to get it, I think I would have shot this a little darker. Then I'd use masked adjustment layers to selectively lighten and darken things while holding the sky detail.
There's also something missing from this for me. It's too static. I want to see a car coming through or some people - something to give it life. Detail in the sky might actually help because it could eliminate that empty space in the middle of the image. My eye tends to go right to the sky and stop there.
Hope that helps! I am very happy you got that D80 and have been taking so many pictures. It's good to have you on the site
Photo-John
