I have never gone to the 'Hollywood' attractions except I took my sister to Universal Studios, which is mainly a theme park with a studio tour. We haveI have never been to Rodeo Drive or anything in Beverly Hills.

You're not missing anything in Beverly Hills. lol
Drive through any neighborhood there and you won't see a living soul except for workers. I don't think the majority of people who live there know who their neighbors are and probably don't even care.

When we lived in So Cal we never got to Catalina, and only got to Universal if we had out of state visitors. We did enjoy Griffith park's planetarium.

I did go to Catalina quite a bit..Disneyland, I think 3 times in my life, Griffith Park once when quite young, remember it being the first and only time I ever picked up a snake and once in the 60's for a Love-In...lol.., Knott's quite a few times, but the things I miss most, and especially after moving to San Diego County, nostalgia...Olvera Street, Chinatown, the Garment District, only went to Hollywood for the Troubador....never did any of the Universal stuff.
What I miss most is the 'idea' of SoCal and what it once was and never can be again...sigh...

We also loved Olvera st and chinatown. We did go to the zoo frequently when our kids were young. We did go to Disneyland about 3 times.

I did all those places as a kid, but that was before Universal Studios. Haven't done any of them since my kids were small. I'm a couple of miles down the street from Disneyland, but haven't been there for 40+ years. Did have a membership for San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, and spent time in both with my aunt while she was alive, but dropped that when she died.

I do miss the Wild Animal Park...we had memberships for that also...from our Fallbrook years, we miss Julian, the Back Country, Anza-Borrego...we did consider moving out there, but the fires and lack of water just killed that thought...

We used to camp in Anza-Borrego, Sherry. We loved that area!

That was always a spring trip for my aunt and I, to see the wild flowers in the desert. An easy day trip from her place in Escondido.

Loved to go out through Warner Springs to Julian with the first snowfall...I wanted to live in the Chihuahua Valley until they had a fire and I realized how limited were the ways in and out...after evacuating once from Fallbrook and realizing that my favorite month (October) had been taken from me due to the threat of wildfires, I decided it was time to go....and Julian was off the table....

I think they have lost interest in filming at our house. A team was supposed to come out and look at our place yesterday and they cancelled and did not reschedule.

Well, you know those industry people are 'flaky'...lol..

You're probably better off, Kelli. The money might not have been worth the hassles and problems.

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wcgypsy said:I did go to Catalina quite a bit..Disneyland, I think 3 times in my life, Griffith Park once when quite young, remember it being the first and only time I ever picked up a snake and once in the 60's for a Love-In...lol.., Knott's quite a few times, but the things I miss most, and especially after moving to San Diego County, nostalgia...Olvera Street, Chinatown, the Garment District, only went to Hollywood for the Troubador....never did any of the Universal stuff.
What I miss most is the 'idea' of SoCal and what it once was and never can be again...sigh...

Yeah, I do remember those days. I even, for a short while, was a fitting model in the garment district. I did go to China Town a lot too. Cosmo's alley for poetry readings, art galleries on Melrose, the Bodhi Tree....Carroll Righter's mansion for astrology classes, oh the list goes on...listened to records at Music City (Sunset & Vine).

and the kitschy Farmers' Market...General Lee's for wontons w/ sweet and sour sauce...lol..in high school clothes were bought in the Garment District and when I was making clothes, fabric shopping there also. There was a sidewalk kinda stand in Montebello, called the Spot, on Olympic, I think...had these incredible "Special Quesadillas", made with Pastrami (!) and guacamole and all the other stuff. I made those for a long time, think it's time to start doing that again...
Yeah, I do miss all of that....

and then living down in San Diego County years later...no way in the world would I drive the traffic to go to any of those places...lol..we were usually on PCH most weekends as far as San Pedro, but wouldn't go inland

The usual suspects started blasting the stereo by 4:10AM and are still at it at 6:20AM. We had to eat breakfast in the family room so that we didn't hear them.

My friend Bex's Uncle Ben is 92 and still going, I was going to say going strong, but he's fading a bit. Every inch of him is a gardener, really...every inch because his last name is so apropos...Gardner. he plants his 48 acres with Aussies, trees, heathers...vegetables. Every vegetable garden I've had before has had its share of problems, gophers, squirrels, rabbits, but not rac coons. So now I have raccoons and what can I expect from them? I was going to have Bex ask Ben about the coons and what other problems he has with which critters. This is the first year that he's grown corn, that may be due to the changing climate here, he's right on the water...friends 7 miles inland from me grow pumpkins now where many years ago they could not. Ben depends on his vegetable garden, he LIVES for his vegetable garden...loves it. He has elk and bear and venison in his freezer, goes up to Bandon yearly for cranberries from friends for his freezer. He's 92...and really, at 92, you just don't know...this could be his last vegetable garden...or not...he may do many more yet....and I was going to ask him about raccoons....

and his neighboors cows got out and destroyed his garden...we have a considerably short growing season for many things, you do not easily recover from something like this...and I was going to ask about my problem with raccoons...

Feeling humbled and blessed....

Looking forward to going to Brookings today to meet up with Bex and friend Barb at Marge's house for lunch....Marge is Bex's family friend of many years and she's the one who's just turned 97...she's a wonder...artist, potter, knitter, crocheter, gardener. Taking her a lemon Pie which is her favorite and salads...hoping it's sunnier there today than here, sit out on her wonderful deck beneath huge trees..and Brookings means stopping at the Botanical garden for pics...and, if I'm lucky, seeds of something interesting...really, Dick (if you're reading), I only take a very few...lol..

Enjoy your day, Sherry. It sounds wonderful!