I have taken every opportunity I could to return to California, going back to San Francisco, Hollywood, Huntington Beach, San Diego, back to Sacramento. I spoke at a conference in Folsom (near the prison but not at it.) One of my favorite trips, I spoke at a conference in San Francisco, rented a car and drove down the coast to Pebble Beach and back, taking the old slow road right along the coast. I have also been to the California side of Lake Tahoe (the smoke free side, Nevada allowed smoking in public places.)
It is an amazing place. If I won the lottery, I would consider living there. It can be rather expensive.
We did love living in San Francisco, although, after living in San Diego, the summers there were disappointing. As Mark Twain said, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
ReplyDeleteAnd the ocean water is cold.
DeleteThe Pacific is much colder than I expected, even in LA and San Diego. But San Francisco was impossible for me.
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ReplyDeleteWe should go see Cousin Joan.
DeleteAgreed!!!
DeleteI grew up in Sacramento, well, just outside, and went to college in San Francisco. I, too, would move back to The City in an instant ... if the lottery helped me out!
ReplyDeleteIt can be rather expensive
DeleteCalifornia, Land of Dreams.
ReplyDeleteA great place to visit.
DeleteSan Francisco is certainly an expensive city. I have friends who lived there for a while back in the 90's. They bought a place that stretched their budget but in the end, when they sold it, it gave them enough money to buy a huge house in Portland Oregon.
ReplyDeleteI have known a couple of people who made their first million, owning a home in San Francisco for a few years.
DeleteI have a cousin who lived in SF. He got married and eventually they wanted to buy a house. They moved to San Diego to find something affordable. San Diego... affordable... now THAT'S saying something!!!
DeleteI went there years ago. I wonder how recovery from the awful fires will happen.
ReplyDeleteThe fires are always a concern.
DeleteI never fell for California , I preferred Seattle
ReplyDeleteThe whole west coast is really fun.
DeleteLove Seattle, but it ain't cheap either...
DeletePs……I need to see your desk
ReplyDeleteWhen I get home from Phoenix.
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DeleteI love California, too. I've been to Tahoe, Sacramento, San Francisco, down the coast highway to L.A., San Diego. It was always too close and too tempting.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago I drove from San Francisco to Pebble Beach on the old road along the coast, it was a wonderful slow drive.
DeleteWhere I live there is an ever going exodus from California, of thems complaining it is too expensive to live there.
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