tailkinker-to-ennien replied to your photoset âMaking a stop on the way to the airport. I bought a copy of The...â
The Last Bookstore is one of those places that I want to visit...but honestly I might have to make a trip to SoCal -=just=- for that. (I have acquaintances in SoCal, but no friends. I'm also not a fan of amusement parks, having worked in one for five years while in HS/college.)
Honestly, itâs a cool bookstore and itâs got some neat design, but I donât know that Iâd plan an entire visit around it, unless youâre pretty close to SoCal anyway. It was fun to wander around in, but itâs about an hourâs worth of fun and then youâve pretty much seen everything. On the other hand, the area around it is pretty cool too -- the historic Pueblo of Los Angeles is nearby, which has a small museum and some nice outdoor spaces. The LA area does have more to offer than Disney! Itâs just often kind of spread out.Â
niennanir replied to your photo âalovecraft: weirdvintage: OrangeMallowYamYums, 1977 (via Found in...â
If you stick with a navel and very, very carefully separate the sections so that none of them are torn open, they will roast into little puffy pillows filled with an orange jelly-like substance. This will not work with a clementine or a mandarin and probably not with a tangelo. And not everyone is into hot orange jelly.
I....I may need to try this.Â
geekerypeekery replied to your post âCalifornia, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...â
RATTLESNAKES SAM
I saw no snakes! Only FLUFFY BUNNIES. And a couple of small squirrels.Â
micheca replied to your photo âWe went to Manzanar internment camp this morning. This was the...â
Is that the Japanese-American internment camp? I read a really interesting novel that mentioned it, focus was more on Japanese-Canadian camp. I didn't realize the camp was memorialized.
Yes -- the camp isnât exactly âpreservedâ in that the barracks buildings are almost all gone and the empty spaces are pretty overgrown, but thereâs a road around the camp so you can drive through it, and there are placards every so often where you can get out and look at things. Several of the âgardensâ (mostly decorative ponds and some landscape features) are preserved but not operational; they also keep up the baseball field, basketball court, and a couple of buildings. Itâs quite a haunting site, and theyâve done very well at trying to put you into the shoes of the people imprisoned there.Â
Because I went to high school in California we had a lot of internment history in school -- I think I read the novel you may have read, was it Obasan? But if youâre interested in Manzanar, thereâs a compelling memoir called Farewell To Manzanar, written by a woman who was seven when she and her family were imprisoned following Pearl Harbor.Â
nikaratrenal replied to your post âCalifornia, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...â
You are getting some California weather at its most typical- an oddly warm Thanksgiving!
It was really amazing -- even when we were up in the mountains the only time I needed to wear layers was at Mammoth Lake on Wednesday night. The entire rest of the time my leather jacket or a wool sweater were almost too warm. I hiked the sequoias in a t-shirt and wished Iâd worn shorts. Â
memprime replied to your photo âSo hereâs where Iâm at.â
What is a deuce in this context?
âDrop a deuceâ is slang for âhave a poopâ. :DÂ
sassysnowperson replied to your post âCalifornia, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...â
I grew up in the high desert! Enjoy the Joshua Trees!
I SO ENJOYED THEM. We took a shortcut from 395 that involved cutting through the southern end of Sequoia national park, and right at the start of it we found ourselves in this MASSIVE forest of Joshua Trees, it was pretty spectacular. (178 west from 395 to Bakersfield, but DO NOT take 155 from 178, itâs the windingest winding road ever).Â
sixofkazes replied to your post âCalifornia, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...â
*waves from another part of California*
*waves from back in Chicago*
jmathieson-fic replied to your post âHey Sam! Don't know when/if you plan on doing another YouTube...â
Sam how do you save a YouTube to your hard drive? I googled but got a bunch of links to suspicious-looking "download this software; one month free trial" sites...
I use Keepvidâs online converter at keepvid.com. It looks shady but itâs been super reliable for me for years now.Â














