California Dreamin! Post a pic(s) of something "California".

From one of some old slides I had put on disc

The waves in SC make the SoCal surf look like the waves on Tampa Bay.

and moved to SF in 2004. Miss SC terribly.

So diverse. You can play in the snow in the morning and surf OB in the afternoon.
I came here 1/5/80 and never went back.
Great pics!

But its worth it, IMHO!

nt

:loveya:

Too many to list.

:P

:hi:

Here's another California pic, considering I live there (well, not for long):

And I thank you! I like your California smile as well.....

I'm sorry we're losing you to New York....but I must not be selfish...

I know it will be good to and for you!


:hi:

Thank you for making my thread!

You are a complete sweetheart! I thank you so much.....:blush:

:loveya: :hug:

about the Charles Manson types: "...have you ever noticed, they're always schmucks who've come here from somewhere else and never really integrated?" - from 'Face Down In Gloria Swanson's Swimming Pool', by Harlan Ellison.



Ellison...a great Californian! B-)

Explains a lot.

Unfortunately California also has places that look like this:

:shrug:

in the 4th pic are about 6 blocks from my house. No matter what kind of day I'm having, I can look out at that bay and it helps put things in perspective. On the downside,I'm also constantly lobbying to keep the inevitable McMansions from taking over!

I had a friend who lived in Cayucos for a while, and he told me although it was beautiful and peaceful there, he was desperately lonely much of the time.

though I love the 'quiet'. I work with 'groups' of people- and look for solitude at the end of the day. In a town this size, it's hard to go anywhere and not run into someone you know -and I also have famiy here and am active in local politics. I think it's just a lifestyle that suits me and probably isn't for someone who needs more external stimulation?

One of my very fav cities!!!













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In the second photo, of the Golden Gate — that reddish-brownish building at the south approach is Fort Point, where they had coastal artillery batteries during WWII. You go up on top where the gun turrets were, and you look almost straight up at the bridge. Freakin' AWEsome.

Slick in Golden Gate Park,1967.

SF Wharf,October,2006.

My Hero, Dewey, 1964.

View near the old Spago,2005.

Mz Pip
:dem:

(snrrrk)

Dogs on Aptos beach -



My deck -



Redwood cathedral outside my front door -

20x20 :evilgrin:

Point Dume Beach~ Malibu



Venice



Ventura Blvd



Hollywood




The Scientology Celebrity Center (scary)



A food I REALLY miss!


Site of many high school memorie!! lol

When I posted my Cali pics on this thread, I posted a picture of the tidal pool that lies just on the other side of the background of your pic.

Cool place.

Laguna Beach



Balboa Pavillion



Disneyland Fireworks



Shoreline Village - Long Beach


Queen Mary


Palm Springs

of Ojai California.






Tikki

well, you already posted pics of In-n-Out and the beach and the earthquakes and the wine and the wackos! So the only thing left is my hair.

But you're GORGEOUS!

You're my woman!

Gorgeous! :wow:

B-)

Best Cheeseburgers in CA.


Longest Pier on the West Coast.






Coronado Bridge.


Seals of La Jolla.


Faces of the Tidepools.


More Cowbell?


Sunset on Mission Beach.


Star of India.

:shrug: :P

but that was a coincidence. I don't think they meant the town.

I think I'm California

Mammoth


Point Magu


Point Dume


Downtown LA in the distance


Nothing says California more than Sonia

http://www.irvsburgers.com


San Dimas High School Football RULES!

Near the pier. Where they strum guitars, beat drums and deal weed.

Where I used to go to the beach in Santa Monica



The bike path


the old neighborhood


riots in 92



earthquake in 94



my local freeway entrance after the quake



hot times in Malibu in '93 (brush? What brush?)



skiing at Mammoth



the most beautiful place in the world: Yosemite

Sigh! One place I've always wanted to see.

26 years in CA and never been to Yosemite. I'm taking my camera, tent and mountain bike for a few days in Yosemite.
Then I'm off to Big Basin and Pt. Reyes, before I have to come back to SoCal and find a real job.

the waterfalls are at the peak of the snow runoff, and there are few tourists yet. I used to do a yearly pilgrimage then.

Of course, the snow has to be melted in the passes before you can get into the park!

I visit the park every other month (avid hiker, and I live nearby). The roads into the park ONLY close during storms or when avalanche dangers get up there, and I've never in my life seen them closed more than 12 hours.

Tioga Pass does close during the winter, but it's only useful if you're coming in via Nevada or Mammoth. Very few of the parks visitors enter that way even when it IS open.

FWIW, the falls are AWESOME this year. We had a very late, very heavy rainy season and the water is coming off the peaks in huge torrents. It's impossible to stand at the Yosemite Falls viwing area without getting completely soaked right now.

with other ski patrol friends, before they plowed. They had to dig down to get into the huts.

This was some years ago. A week or so later a snow plow driver was killed by an avalanche trying to clear the roads.

We used to ski at Mammoth a lot. The snow pack was so heavy one year that we went up on the Fourth of July to ski, the last day the resort was open. The snow was lousy, but it was the idea of it.

The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center hosted the 3/4 scale Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall this weekend.

"Steinbeck Country."









The photo of my truck I've posted here a few times was taken catty-corner to Roy's, where Graffiti Nights used to be held.







And here's what makes the whole place run:

especially the first and third picture.

My daily vision of California is rows upon rows of tomatoes and corn, with the rising peaks of the Sierras off in the distance. I'd love to post a pic, but I'm at work :(

So it's retro. Too bad. :P

This isn't the Mel's in "American Graffiti" — that one was on Van Ness in San Francisco. This one was in downtown Salinas when I was a little kid, about five years after this was taken.

Ah, the memories... :loveya:

All the leaves are brown - All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray - And the sky is gray
I've been for a walk - I've been for a walk
On a winter's day - On a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm - I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A. - If I was in L.A.
California dreaming - California dreaming
On such a winter's day

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees - Got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray - I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold - Preacher likes the cold
He knows I'm gonna stay - Knows I'm gonna stay
California dreaming - California dreaming
On such a winter's day

All the leaves are brown - All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray - And the sky is gray
I've been for a walk - I've been for a walk
On a winter's day - On a winter's day
If I didn't tell her - If I didn't tell her
I could leave today - I could leave today
California dreaming - California dreaming
On such a winter's day - California dreaming
On such a winter's day - California dreaming
On such a winter's day

Redwood Canyon in Sequoia National Forest


Kings Canyon


Martin Sheen, my boyfriend and his godson at the latest antiwar march in Hollywood.



The best senator ever!!!

Was born and raised in Southern Cali near L.A., though I moved away when I was 16.