Who's from California?

[MackS]

Irvine.

[jestergx4]

So I just love that 405 trip down to LB. :lol:

When there is no traffic, and of course we all know what the 405 is in the afternoon heading south. :evil:

[davidk]

When there is no traffic, and of course we all know what the 405 is in the afternoon heading south. :evil:

Id rather drive on the 405 any direction than deal with 22 between the 405 and the 57. That orange crush, i hate it with a passion.:evil:

[OneTime]

ONT, CA

Just came aboard.

[TimSchroepfer]

Burbank

[roundsquare1]

Castro Valley, CA

SF BAY AREA

[mgkhndz]

Thousand Oaks

[joe_sun]

Born and raised in the Sacramento area. Currently living in Citrus Heights, hope to move out of state to free America next year.

First post and new user. Been using a Canon P&S for a couple years and just ordered my first DSLR, a Rebel XTi and a Canon 50mm 1.8 lens.

[Longjohns]

Paradise

[zach]

No longer a Californian, I escaped to Gods country~ Colorado!

[ChatKat]

Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village
LA Native - family settled here from San Francisco - April 1906
Hamilton High School - Yankee's - Class of 1973

[valja]

Born in San Diego, raised in Burbank!

[Dumale]

San Francisco / San Jose / Sunol = BAY AREA

[Roy Hernandez]

San
Diego
Here...

[Davidsl222]

Northridge

[ironbelle]

Native San Diegan here and proud of it! I love San Diego. and it will always be my home no matter where I end up.

[TSmith8779]

Oceanside, but orginally from Iowa.

[Ruffio]

LA native. Still here.

[pinarello]

first los angeles then
montebello, burbank, studio city, north hollywood, back to burbank, huntington beach,cypress

and now...boise, idaho....potato land....

[jilliantodd]

Born in Castro Valley, CA...Lived in Saratoga, CA....then Campbell, CA...then Iceland...then back to Campbell...Boston/Somerville/Brookline (MA)...Studio City...Chino Hills...Fontana...Rancho Cucamonga...San Jose...(whew!) finally Morgan Hill. WE ARE NOT MOVING AGAIN!!!! :oops: Oops, was that out loud???

Jill

Oh, and our family has a condo in Palm Desert, so we spend time there, too.:)

[Margie]

Born in Castro Valley, CA...Lived in Saratoga, CA....then Campbell, CA...then Iceland...then back to Campbell...Boston/Somerville/Brookline (MA)...Studio City...Chino Hills...Fontana...Rancho Cucamonga...San Jose...(whew!) finally Morgan Hill. WE ARE NOT MOVING AGAIN!!!! :oops: Oops, was that out loud???

Jill

Oh, and our family has a condo in Palm Desert, so we spend time there, too.:)

My girl! You and your family don't stay in one place for long !

Who are you running from???

I live in San Jose and have children in Morgan Hill!

Good to see a local photographer!

Margie

[jilliantodd]

No, we sure don't stay in one place! My family (parents) have been in the same house in Campbell for 30 years. Hubby and I bought and sold lots of houses in SoCAl and finally were able to live up here again. We bought in SJ, hated the house and now rent in MH. We'll buy next year and then that's IT! If I never pack another box, I'll be happy!

I saw earlier in this post that I live close to your daughter. It's nice to see so many NoCAL people on this thread. We should get a "Bay Area" group together...

[Margie]

No, we sure don't stay in one place! My family (parents) have been in the same house in Campbell for 30 years. Hubby and I bought and sold lots of houses in SoCAl and finally were able to live up here again. We bought in SJ, hated the house and now rent in MH. We'll buy next year and then that's IT! If I never pack another box, I'll be happy!

I saw earlier in this post that I live close to your daughter. It's nice to see so many NoCAL people on this thread. We should get a "Bay Area" group together...

Morgan Hill is very nice, a quiet town. We may go to the Christmas parade and tree lighting on Sat. after the Wine and Craft at Guggliemo winery. Then dinner at my sons and DIL, also in MH, off Tenant.

A bay area get together would be a great idea!

Margie

[zmpq711]

Irvine, CA

between LA and San Diego.

[NBEast]

Irvine, CA

between LA and San Diego.Hey neighbor! Newport here.

[Belmondo]

Morgan Hill is very nice, a quiet town.
You think it's quiet now? I moved to San Jose in 1969 and commuted to Hollister every day for a few years. Even though there was no freeway then, we barely slowed down for Morgan Hill.

Hey neighbor! Newport here. Yay Fashion Island.

[puddlepirate44]

Born and raised in Ben Lomond, CA, just North of Santa Cruz... up in the Redwoods. Joined the USCG after high school, was stationed in the NW and stayed. I need to go back soon...

[dazzlebea]

Irvine, CA

between LA and San Diego.

Hi Justin! Welcome to POTN :)

Which part of town are you in? I'm in WP. What do you like to shoot?

[NBEast]

Hi Justin! Welcome to POTN :)

Which part of town are you in? I'm in WP. What do you like to shoot?

WP WP WP ... Does Irvine have an entire section of town for "Wedding Photographers" ... sad but couldn't resist? Seriously though - can't place the abbreviation. Willmington Park? Wild .... something?

[dazzlebea]

Willmington Park? Wild .... something?

Close: Westpark (in Irvine)

[NBEast]

Close: Westpark (in Irvine)Aaaaah! That big lake thingy? My kid's kindergarden's on Yale / Irvine Blvd (she's too young for the Newport public one), I think that's right about there. Nice area!

[jmbboss]

Is there a great reason for this one?? I LOVE IT!

Native Californian! Currently in the South Bay: Torrance CALIFORNIA
Work in Carson

Once Lived in Moreno Valley and Redlands

[jmbboss]

Hey neighbor! Newport here.


Attended and graduated from UC Irvine 1991
SS Teaching credential Cal State Fullerton 1992
I loved the OC!

[jilliantodd]

So true, Belmondo. San Jose used to be "quiet". I had no idea how much it would change in the 13 years I was away. I visited my family regularly, but wow, such change...One of the reasons why we didn't stay in SJ very long. MH is more like what SJ was when I moved to Boston. I remember taking barrel racing lessons in San Martin, there was NOTHIN' there. Hollister had to be even more rural than MH, SM then. Is there a word for that kind of rural??? "Desolate"? :-)

Margie, I think we might catch the MH Christmas parade this weekend...either that or Los Gatos. We used to be in the LG one every year in high school, so we're feeling a little nostalgic!

[LBaldwin]

San Jose!!!!! Hey I used to work at Ewerts did you ever come in there?

Les

[jilliantodd]

Nope, no ewerts. Where is/was that?

[LBaldwin]

Ok It was a very well known camera local camera chain, and I worked for them about 9 years ago. I had been shooting for while, we were a very popular store for about 25 years.

Les

[jilliantodd]

I was always at LZ premiums (long gone now) on Saratoga Avenue. Most of my camera gear was bought by mail order from B&H....Long story, but suffice it to say my family wasn't too keen on me taking this path, so the less I knew about (shops, etc), the better from their perspective!

[Margie]

San Jose!!!!! Hey I used to work at Ewerts did you ever come in there?

Les

Is that the shop in Pruneyard where the husband and wife photographers were killed in a small plane crash some years ago?

[Margie]

I was always at LZ premiums (long gone now) on Saratoga Avenue. Most of my camera gear was bought by mail order from B&H....Long story, but suffice it to say my family wasn't too keen on me taking this path, so the less I knew about (shops, etc), the better from their perspective!

I used to visit LZ Premium too. I worked at the corner of Saratoga and Moorepark Ave. at Aegis Home Health. It is not there anymore, is it?

[LBaldwin]

Is that the shop in Pruneyard where the husband and wife photographers were killed in a small plane crash some years ago?

I am not sure of the pruneyard store but we had a store in Santa Clara and one in Sunnyvale when I worked there. Yes, John, Peggy, Tom, Marsha Ewert, and Jennifer Marion (Marsha's partner) were killed on Mother day, may 11th 1997. I was working at the store at the time and the local press was all over us. It was one of the lowest time of my life.

The store was closed about a year later and sold off it ;s assets. I still run into mnay old friends from there from time to time.

Les

[jilliantodd]

Good lord, so sorry you went through that. It must have been like losing members of your own family, seeing as you worked there so long. :(

Yeah, LZ's is gone. I used to love going in there and getting all my film and paper for my hs/college photo classes. Or were you asking about Aegis? I think it's still there...

[joegolf68]

Fair Oaks (Sacramento)
Daughter, La Jolla (UCSD)

[MegaTron]

Born in Long Beach, graduated Lakewood High School, Long Beach City, then Long Beach State, then moved to Chico, lived in Hawaii, back to Long Beach....Coachella Valley for 8 years now.

Wow, I graduated from Lakewood, LBCC, and about to grad CSULB soon.

[Margie]

I am not sure of the pruneyard store but we had a store in Santa Clara and one in Sunnyvale when I worked there. Yes, John, Peggy, Tom, Marsha Ewert, and Jennifer Marion (Marsha's partner) were killed on Mother day, may 11th 1997. I was working at the store at the time and the local press was all over us. It was one of the lowest time of my life.

The store was closed about a year later and sold off it ;s assets. I still run into mnay old friends from there from time to time.

Les

I remember when that happened...So sad !

[Margie]

shoegirlie...OK...LZ did close down, Aegis is closed down also...it was in one of the offices on Moorpark. A Home Health agency. I was working for them when they closed down.

[Belmondo]

I remember when that happened...So sad !
I'd forgotten that. I also remember when San Jose Camera was a decent store with good prices. I also enjoyed occasional trips to San Francisco to Denevi Camera. They had an excellent pro department, and tons of really interesting used equipment.

Now, it's Keeble & Schuchat. Nice folks, but their prices stink.

[LBaldwin]

I'd forgotten that. I also remember when San Jose Camera was a decent store with good prices. I also enjoyed occasional trips to San Francisco to Denevi Camera. They had an excellent pro department, and tons of really interesting used equipment.

Now, it's Keeble & Schuchat. Nice folks, but their prices stink.

Just so you know, K&S will move on some prices. I have gotten good deals from them and a few that turned out to be a little high. I try to support local stores whenever I can.

I am in the process of buying a LF printer, but K&S does not support it, so online for nearly all supplies.

I think some part of Denevi is still operational. So is Los Gatos camera and San Jose is too. But many of the small Mom and Pop labs have dried up like tumbleweeds.

I am trying to get into a space for studio too, and that is still outrageous.

The Ewerts were Nikon centric and did not see the Canon Juggernaut coming, I tried to warn them as best I could that the EOS system and the early digital would trounce their existing business. They tried to sell lots of Minolta and Nikon. Funny though, right after the crash taht took their lives, it was Nikon that cut off our credit almost immediatly, same with Fuji. Kodak and Canon met with us and helped to keep us afloat.

Les

[jilliantodd]

Good to know about K&S being a little more flexible with their pricing. I do notice that they are priced higher than most other places...The rental department has been fabulous to me, too--both in price and in information.

SJ Camera is good, too. Very helpful. I try to avoid LG camera, wanting to avoid an ex! :)

Kamera Korner is still there, too. Tiny shop, but it's stuffed with equipment.

Lee, where are you looking for studio space?

[LBaldwin]

Well I have looked a couple of places that are listed on craigs or or the web and the ones closest to me were not suitable for the classes I want to teach or to bring in clients, so i am still looking.

I thought that Kamera Korner went out too, I was on Bascom last week +- and the old store was empty. Did they move? They actually bought Ewerts old phone number too.

Les

[Margie]

Kamera Korner is now on Meridian Ave. Not too far from University Art... I just noticed them there for the first time a few weeks ago.

What area of SJ are you looking for office space? There is quite abit down by me...Almaden Exp. and Coleman and Redmond.

Good luck!

[LBaldwin]

Kamera Korner is now on Meridian Ave. Not too far from University Art... I just noticed them there for the first time a few weeks ago.

What area of SJ are you looking for office space? There is quite abit down by me...Almaden Exp. and Coleman and Redmond.

Good luck!


I was looking in that general area. I live just in the Cherry / Branham area.
I think I will wait till next year before I lease a lot of stuff is popping up right now.

Les

[jilliantodd]

Yup, KK is on Meridian, right next to Summit Uniform (old friends of the family own Summit)...

What classes are you teaching Les? Are you using an agent to find space for you?

[LBaldwin]

Yup, KK is on Meridian, right next to Summit Uniform (old friends of the family own Summit)...

What classes are you teaching Les? Are you using an agent to find space for you?

It has been requested at some the clubs I judge at to teach a portrait lighting class. No I am not using an agent, I think it can be done without one for now.

Les

[rcpilot_971]

sacramento ca

[Margie]

I was looking in that general area. I live just in the Cherry / Branham area.
I think I will wait till next year before I lease a lot of stuff is popping up right now.

Les

We are almost neighbors! Good to meet you!

[Belmondo]

We are almost neighbors! Good to meet you!We used to live in the Cambrian Area on Hallmark Lane (off Ross), between Hillsdale and Branham. Does anyone remember Gemco?

[Karl C]

Does anyone remember Gemco?

Yup, they had a large store in Van Nuys for years. There is still a local called the Gemco Flyer - I think it's technically the Van Nuys local. Even though the Evil Empire took over, vestiges of the SP still exist.

[Belmondo]

Even though the Evil Empire took over, vestiges of the SP still exist.I've hated yellow ever since.

[jilliantodd]

OMG, I thought I was the only one who remembers Gemco! I loved that place!

[Margie]

OMG, I thought I was the only one who remembers Gemco! I loved that place!

Where was Gemco? I do remember The Treasury...on Almaden Exp and Branham...and almost say it everytime I want to say Target!

[Belmondo]

Where was Gemco? I do remember The Treasury...on Almaden Exp and Branham...and almost say it everytime I want to say Target!Gemco was on the NW corner of Ross and Hillsdale, just east of the Hillsdale/Camden split.

[kevbailey]

We used to live in the Cambrian Area on Hallmark Lane (off Ross), between Hillsdale and Branham. Does anyone remember Gemco?

My first job in the Optical field was at Gemco, in the Optometry department. I left there in 1985 to take my current position.

[Margie]

Gemco was on the NW corner of Ross and Hillsdale, just east of the Hillsdale/Camden split.

Got it! What year did they leave? I have been here since 1974...but I can't remember them!

[Margie]

My first job in the Optical field was at Gemco, in the Optometry department. I left there in 1985 to take my current position.

Small World! I guess it was still there in '85 are you saying?

[thomascanty]

OMG, I thought I was the only one who remembers Gemco! I loved that place!

I bought my first modem at a Gemco. It was a 300-baud acoustical contraption for my Commodore 64 computer, which I had also bought there.

[Wsman2]

I remember going to a Gemco in Bakersfield. It's Target now.

[YosemiteJunkie]

I remember going to a Gemco in Bakersfield. It's Target now.
Been there many times (a long long time ago). Gemco is now gone but I'm still stuck in Bakersfield.

[Karl C]

I bought my first modem at a Gemco. It was a 300-baud acoustical contraption for my Commodore 64 computer, which I had also bought there.

Man, you're dating yourself there. It's all good - I remember 300-baud modems when they were first released. :lol:

'm still stuck in Bakersfield.

From what I've heard, apparently Bakersfield is undergoing a revival and is now a "in" place to live. Couldn't believe it when I heard that! :D

[Wsman2]

Man, you're dating yourself there. It's all good - I remember 300-baud modems when they were first released. :lol:



From what I've heard, apparently Bakersfield is undergoing a revival and is now a "in" place to live. Couldn't believe it when I heard that! :D


Never had a Commodore 64, but I remember using Apple IIe's, and my parents still have the original Macintosh packed away in a case (along with a dot-matrix printer).

The growth in Bakersfield is unbelievable based on the number of new high schools that have popped up in the past few years (dating back even to when Stockdale & Ridgeview opened). Unfortunately when I read the online newspaper, I tend to see more & more crime stories that just wasn't there when I was there. If the state ever gets that supertrain plan back on track (L.A. to San Francisco in an hour), Bakersfield is supposed be a stop in between.

[jmbboss]

My goodness. You are all dating yourselves: I remember Gemco growing up, as well as the old Apples with dot matrix printers, and having to use Apple commands...dos format. How about playing Atari games on tv set? LOL

[thomascanty]

How about playing Atari games on tv set? LOL

Been there, done that. I still have an Atari 2600 cartridge, actually. It's a collector's item, and I'd forgotten all about it until I read your post.

It's a game called Custer's Revenge, by Mystique (presented by Swedish Erotica, according to the label on the cartridge). The object of the game was to get Custer through a hail of arrows from the left side of the screen to the right so he could, um... have his way with the squaw over there. This thing made the news for weeks.

Mine is still in the original case, even. Hmmm... I wonder how much this would be worth on eBay? :lol:

[YosemiteJunkie]

C-64 (and Vic 20 before that), 300 baud was flying a low altitude and you saved your programs on a cassett tape drive. Start loading a 10K program and go to lunch while you wait :0
Bakersfield is getting real close to L.A. style traffic, more people killed in gang related shootings per day than in all of Iraq. and pretty much the Meth capital.

[Johan Groenewald]

Just wanting to know who's from the Golden State of California?
Just want to say I'm not from California...

[condyk]

Me neither ... where is that anyway? Maybe I am from there :confused:

[LBaldwin]

Hey wait, Johan Is that you? Hey I thought you were still in SF!! Not from CA, very funny, next you are going to tell us that you are not a world famous movie producer. That's not what you told that young actress....

Les

[airbutchie]

It's funny how everyone talks about Gemco.... Well let's take it back a bit further... Anyone remember Zody's... There use to be one in Montebello area... Off the 60 Fwy... I think it's a Circuit City now...

Anyhoo... With talks of Target, Fedco & Gemco, I figure to add Zody's to the mix... I bought my Atari 2600 from them in the late 70's... Hehhehehehehe...

- Air B :D

PS. Grew up in Los Angeles (Rosemont Elementary)... Moved to La Puente (Giano middle school then Nogales HS)... Went to Mt.SAC College for undergrad classes... Transferred to Cal Poly Pomona and graduated there... Living now in Monrovia and working in El Monte...

[Karl C]

Anyone remember Zody's...

Yup but can't remember where they were in the LA basin.

How about these?

Smith's Food Giant...which lead to Smith's Food King.

Thriftimart

Builder's Emporium

McMahan's Furniture

Ohrbach's

Bullock's

I Magnin

Desmond's

Security Pacific Bank

United California Bank (UCB)

Herald-Examiner newspaper

[Rumjungle]

Well, we better not forget Federated and Silo!

[Rumjungle]

It's funny how everyone talks about Gemco.... Well let's take it back a bit further... Anyone remember Zody's... There use to be one in Montebello area... Off the 60 Fwy... I think it's a Circuit City now...

Anyhoo... With talks of Target, Fedco & Gemco, I figure to add Zody's to the mix... I bought my Atari 2600 from them in the late 70's... Hehhehehehehe...

- Air B :D

PS. Grew up in Los Angeles (Rosemont Elementary)... Moved to La Puente (Giano middle school then Nogales HS)... Went to Mt.SAC College for undergrad classes... Transferred to Cal Poly Pomona and graduated there... Living now in Monrovia and working in El Monte...

Man, I know exactly what you're talking about. Zody's was my go-to place for GI Joe's.:D
Wasn't there another one over on San Gabriel Blvd.?

[jilliantodd]

Oooo, Builder's Emporium! Yay!
Bullocks and Federated, too!

How 'bout I Magnin or J Magnin

[kevbailey]

Small World! I guess it was still there in '85 are you saying?
I think they (Gemco) finally closed the doors at the end of 1986, or early 1987

[kevbailey]

Yup but can't remember where they were in the LA basin.

How about these?

Smith's Food Giant...which lead to Smith's Food King.

Thriftimart

Builder's Emporium

McMahan's Furniture

Ohrbach's

Bullock's

I Magnin

Desmond's

Security Pacific Bank

United California Bank (UCB)

Herald-Examiner newspaper

Don't forget, The Treasury, Olie's, and going way back, Whitefront

[Ruffio]

Yup but can't remember where they were in the LA basin.

How about these?

Smith's Food Giant...which lead to Smith's Food King.

Thriftimart

Builder's Emporium

McMahan's Furniture

Ohrbach's

Bullock's

I Magnin

Desmond's

Security Pacific Bank

United California Bank (UCB)

Herald-Examiner newspaper

We had a Zody's down the street on Slauson next to Ladera Heights.

You folks are giving me a huge boost of nostalgia with this stuff. :)

[Maureen Souza]

And what about Fedco?

[Maureen Souza]

OMG, I thought I was the only one who remembers Gemco! I loved that place!
I loved that store as well. My son used to call it "Jumpco" when he was a toddler:D

[Ruffio]

And what about Fedco?

Yep, there was the one in Northridge and the other one on Rodeo and La Cienega that I recall.

[thomascanty]

Yep, there was the one in Northridge and the other one on Rodeo and La Cienega that I recall.

I spent a lot of time in the Northridge one. I remember buying a full set of new tires for my Mustang there for $90. Not each... That was the total. :D

[Ruffio]

I spent a lot of time in the Northridge one. I remember buying a full set of new tires for my Mustang there for $90. Not each... That was the total. :D

Times have changed! I used to go to the one in Northridge when I went to CSUN, but the other one was closer to home.

[Rumjungle]

And what about Fedco?

My memories of Fedco as a kid are limited to 3 things:
slices of pizza from the pizza place
the knive and cutlery shop (loaded with Rambo-knives and ninja swords...soooo 80's) on the way out
giant Toblerone chocolate bars at the checkout counter:cool:

[Karl C]

To continue this walk down memory lane...

Helm's Bakery home delivery and their trucks. Remember the pullout drawers? (damn good donuts and pastries)
(http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/500/153helmsbread.jpg)

Adohr Farms home delivery

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlors

Bob's Big Boy (the original location on Colorado Blvd in Glendale)

[thomascanty]

Bob's Big Boy (the original location on Colorado Blvd in Glendale)

I thought the one on Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake was the original. That one is still there, too.

[Margie]

Don't know if you had them out here...as I was brought up on the East Coast...but how about the Duggan's Bakery Delivery truck (isn't that the name of the bakery items like crumb cake, in the white box with the blue lettering) ? Yes, they used to actually do home deliveries!

And Alpha Beta grocery stores...we still call our local grocery store that sometimes, even though it has recently been called Luckys and Albertsons now.

What a nice trip down memory lane you guys are doing!

Can you see we are all getting older...:rolleyes:

I can remember when I hated "older people" doing this!

[thomascanty]

And Alpha Beta grocery stores...

I remember those! Also, the grocery store nearest to where I live used to be a Hughes before Ralph's bought them and changed the name on them all.

[Karl C]

I thought the one on Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake was the original. That one is still there, too.

I could've been mistaken. I thought that because the corporate offices were across the street.

And Alpha Beta grocery stores...we still call our local grocery store that sometimes, even though it has recently been called Luckys and Albertsons now.

I remember those! Also, the grocery store nearest to where I live used to be a Hughes before Ralph's bought them and changed the name on them all.

I remember Alpha Beta and Hughes too. How about the original Taco Bell and McDonald's signage?

[Wsman2]

Anyone remember the Best & Ardan's catalog stores?

[kevbailey]

How about "Cal Worthington and his dog spot". Oh wait. he's still around!

[kevbailey]

Anyone remember the Best & Ardan's catalog stores?
I'm wearing a ring purchased from Best!

[Belmondo]

Fondest memory of growing up in L.A. in the fifties....


Helms Bakery trucks.

[Rumjungle]

I'm wearing a ring purchased from Best!

Don't you mean, BEST?:)

[Pinto]

And what about Fedco?

Well, If Sol Price hadn't got gotten booted from Fedco, he wouldn't have started Price Club, and if he hadn't started Price Club, Costco wouldn't exist. And you know none of us could live without Costco. So we all have Fedco to thank!

[Ruffio]

To continue this walk down memory lane...

Helm's Bakery home delivery and their trucks. Remember the pullout drawers? (damn good donuts and pastries)
(http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/500/153helmsbread.jpg)
Man, we used to go bonkers when the Helm's Bakery truck came down the street. Yep, everyone knew which was their favorite drawer was and what was in each one. Do you remember the uniform the drivers used to wear? The Helm's Bakery in Culver City is now a jazz club called the Jazz Bakery.

Adohr Farms home deliveryWe used to get Adohr Farms deliveries. :)

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlors
Wow, Pike's Peak and the Pig's Trough. We used to go to the ones in Northridge and Canoga Park. Did anybody actually eat a Mt. Whitney? Serves 1-10 people?

Bob's Big Boy (the original location on Colorado Blvd in Glendale)Went to the one in Westchester, right down the street from the school. WHS '79.

[/quote]

[Maureen Souza]

Fondest memory of growing up in L.A. in the fifties....


Helms Bakery trucks.
They had the BEST cream puffs!!!

I also remember Ben Franklin's Five & Dime, Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor, Sav-On Drugstore and Thriftimart Grocery.:D

[coreypolis]

Don't you mean, BEST?:)
they were beyond a Cali chain, but were a great sore back when.

[Skip Souza]

When Gas Wars were fought on your home town corner gas stations. The combatants were not Middle Eastern countries but Flying A (Tidewater), Wilshire, Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), Signal Gas, Douglas Oil and the like.
And gas was below 20 cents per gallon and there were only "Full Service" gas stations where they checked your oil (a necessity in those days :p ) washed your windows and put air in your tires.

[Belmondo]

They had the BEST cream puffs!!!

I also remember Ben Franklin's Five & Dime, Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor, Sav-On Drugstore and Thriftimart Grocery.:D

Sav-On drugstores had the 5-cent ice cream cones. They were funny-looking, but cheap (and good).

[thomascanty]

Sav-On drugstores had the 5-cent ice cream cones. They were funny-looking, but cheap (and good).

Ha! I'd forgotten about those...

Sav-On was still around until just this year, though I haven't seen the ice cream cones in ages. Unfortunately, CVS bought Sav-On and is in the process of thoroughly mucking up the stores near me. Nothing in there makes sense any more, and whoever came up with that checkout counter design needs to have his head examined, because it isn't firing on all cylinders....

[Skip Souza]

The Good Humor Man. Yum.

[Belmondo]

BTW, the one restaurant I was thrown out of more than any other (it happened a lot when I was a teenager) was Tiny Naylor's at the corner of Manchester and Sepulveda (Westchester).

[Ruffio]

BTW, the one restaurant I was thrown out of more than any other (it happened a lot when I was a teenager) was Tiny Naylor's at the corner of Manchester and Sepulveda (Westchester).

I'd forgotten about that one. I bet you remember the Bob's Big Boy on Manchester!

Maureen, the Helm's bakery cream puffs were my mother's favorites.

I don't go back that far with the ice cream, but I do remember my mother giving my sister and me a quarter to get two sidewalk sundaes from the corner store for 12 cents each. Yes, she wanted the penny change! :)

[Margie]

The Good Humor Man. Yum.

Yes, I did forget the Good Humor Man...

and BTW...that was Entermans who used to have delivery trucks to the home, on the east coast anyway!

And don't forget the milk bottle deliveries!

Such a fun trip down memoty lane!

[Knightshade]

Well..since I can't seem to find a "San Diego" thread of any relevance....

If anybody is interested in meeting up this Saturday early in the morning at the Wild Animal Park, let me know. I'll be there w/a 300mm f/4 IS on rental to figure out if it's worth plunkin down the cash for.

[Margie]

Well..since I can't seem to find a "San Diego" thread of any relevance....

If anybody is interested in meeting up this Saturday early in the morning at the Wild Animal Park, let me know. I'll be there w/a 300mm f/4 IS on rental to figure out if it's worth plunkin down the cash for.

I am not from your area...but would love to hear what you think of the 300 F 4. I just plunked down my money for it & have to wait for Santa to use it!

[zasboy]

Hi everyone :) Just wanted to say that I'm from Sunnyvale. Before that, I was living in Santa Cruz attending the school, UC Santa Cruz. I recently graduated from the school and now looking for a job to fund some 'L' lenses :lol:

[Belmondo]

Hi everyone :) Just wanted to say that I'm from Sunnyvale. Before that, I was living in Santa Cruz attending the school, UC Santa Cruz. I recently graduated from the school and now looking for a job to fund some 'L' lenses :lol:Go Banana Slugs!!

[getg3]

Hi Richard,

I'm in West Covina also, Lark Ellen and Merced. Where are you about?
Hi Walkien,
I live close to Queen of the Valley hospital, Sunset and Merced.

[getg3]

I live exactly 4.3 miles from this glorious place, does anyone recognize it?
I was there 2 months ago and had my 10-22 calibrated.

[squashed]

Good morning Californians from Bishop CA. The High Sierra's welcome you all anytime.

[Belmondo]

Good morning Californians from Bishop CA. The High Sierra's welcome you all anytime.You're pretty secluded out there, but that's a beautiful town. We drive through there a couple times each year on our way to Reno and back. It's actually longer for us to go that way, but the Owens Valley is simply one of my favorite places on the planet.

My fascination with it began long before I was ever there or had any idea how beautiful it really is. The Carson & Colorado Railroad (later the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge R.R.) ran through there, and I used to model it. I believe there's a museum in Laws dedicated to it. Also, there was a very good book about the C&C that piqued my curiosity as a teenager (Steamcars to the Comstock by Lucius Beebe and Charles Klegg).

[Wsman2]

This shot kinda' intrigues me (in the vicinity of Union Square). I took it while roaming San Francisco with my wife for most of last Tuesday.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/333569801_c57a45e54f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/Wildabeast71)

On Wednesday, my wife and I will visit my folks down in Pismo. Weather permitting, we're going to try something new - the hike to the San Luis Obispo Lighthouse (http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=91).
Has anyone else ever taken the hike?

[Margie]

Hi Wil...I never took that hike, but visit Pismo usually about twice to year! I will have to try it. Please let me know how it went and how much walking there is to do.

[Rey]

Been there, done that. I still have an Atari 2600 cartridge, actually. It's a collector's item, and I'd forgotten all about it until I read your post.

It's a game called Custer's Revenge, by Mystique (presented by Swedish Erotica, according to the label on the cartridge). The object of the game was to get Custer through a hail of arrows from the left side of the screen to the right so he could, um... have his way with the squaw over there. This thing made the news for weeks.

Mine is still in the original case, even. Hmmm... I wonder how much this would be worth on eBay? :lol:

I remember that game. I saw it at the Wherehouse in the mall once and when I asked to see the box the guy wouldn't let me because I was underage.:oops:

I think that was towards the end of the 2600's life. I remember buying that horrible ET game that is anything but a collector's item.

[jestergx4]

I remember GEMCO back in the 80s. I bought my first BMX bike there. corner of Figueroa and Sepulveda in Carson. now a Target store. I also remember The Wherehouse. Fedco. BEST. wow..a walkdown the 80s memory lane. I was a teen back then.. ahhhh..

[squashed]

You're pretty secluded out there, but that's a beautiful town. We drive through there a couple times each year on our way to Reno and back. It's actually longer for us to go that way, but the Owens Valley is simply one of my favorite places on the planet.

My fascination with it began long before I was ever there or had any idea how beautiful it really is. The Carson & Colorado Railroad (later the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge R.R.) ran through there, and I used to model it. I believe there's a museum in Laws dedicated to it. Also, there was a very good book about the C&C that piqued my curiosity as a teenager (Steamcars to the Comstock by Lucius Beebe and Charles Klegg).

A good memory you have !! Have you visited Laws RR Museum lately? They've done alot of improvements.. When you see the radio station on the south end of town,stop by and say hi !!

[Belmondo]

A good memory you have !! Have you visited Laws RR Museum lately? They've done alot of improvements.. When you see the radio station on the south end of town,stop by and say hi !!

You just never know. That actually could happen someday.

[Rey]

I also remember Two Guys and Woolworths. I used to always get Icee's and Bottle Caps when I went to Two Guys as a kid. They had a snack area that I always ran to when we were about to leave the store. Good times.

[squashed]

Remember the electronics store "The Federated".. They gave me credit one day back in the 80's and I charged a pair of Cerwin Vega speakers in the Costa Mesa store. Then in about a week, the store was closed down and the entire chain was gone from California ?? I never got a bill for those speakers either and im still using them !! Best purchase I ever made..:)

[Rumjungle]

Nice! I remember Federated...and their commercials. The one close to where I lived back then was replaced with a Silo electronics store.

[Wsman2]

Hi Wil...I never took that hike, but visit Pismo usually about twice to year! I will have to try it. Please let me know how it went and how much walking there is to do.

Hi Margie. We didn't get to take the hike this time around as I had hoped. Quite a bit of family had come for a little reunion. We're planning to go down again in February. We'll try again.

[mgkhndz]

We had all of the above stores in the "Valley" (San Fernando valley)in the 70s-80s. I grew up in the 60s within bicycle riding distance of the Helms bakery in Culver city.

Does anyone remember cruising Van Nuys Blvd? We used to race in front of the Fedco as well as eating the Pig trough at Farrells on VNB.

And I got my first credit card from Federated. Damn them for getting me started on credit :)

[Karl C]

We had all of the above stores in the "Valley" (San Fernando valley)in the 70s-80s. I grew up in the 60s within bicycle riding distance of the Helms bakery in Culver city.

Does anyone remember cruising Van Nuys Blvd? We used to race in front of the Fedco as well as eating the Pig trough at Farrells on VNB.

And I got my first credit card from Federated. Damn them for getting me started on credit :)

Growing up in the 60's/70's/80's, the Valley was a place unto itself - it was like visiting a different world. We lived in Los Feliz and, back then, driving to Van Nuys seemed like it took forever! And, Valley-talk was honest-to-God real! Likeomigod! Toootallly! Rad! :lol:

Remember the original Val-Surf location in North Hollywood?

[mgkhndz]

Got my water ski's from Val-surf.

I was lucky. My girlfriends used to laugh at "valley girls" as being "so immature, you know"

[ChatKat]

Hi - a new Valley Girl Here (lived in Encino 1976-1998) Now in Thousand Oaks. Grew up in West LA - Hami Class of 1973.

Adohr Farms was in my WLA Neighborhood - we rode our Stingray bikes there to pick up milk if we ran out. Across the street was Piece O Pizza. High Point Miniature Golf and down the street was Kiddie Land on Beverly and La Cienega - now the Beverly Center. Before the Westside Pavillion was built was a small amusement park. Also, anyone remember POP - Pacific Ocean Park? Closed about 1968 or so. And the Helms man brought the best Banana cakes and doughnuts.

Might as well be remembering Mom's Brownie Camera too.

[Belmondo]

Also, anyone remember POP - Pacific Ocean Park? Closed about 1968 or so. I do remember POP. Also, there was the Pike in Long Beach.

[DAThomas9]

Looks like I'm the second one from Pasadena.

Just upgraded to a Rebel XTi from a "point and shoot", and am learning how to use it.

[Belmondo]

Looks like I'm the second one from Pasadena.

Just upgraded to a Rebel XTi from a "point and shoot", and am learning how to use it.

That's hard to believe after over 400 replies to this thread.

Pasadena is a great town, AND they have a Samy's store there.

[ChatKat]

Someone else just east of me off the 101!

[Belmondo]

Someone else just east of me off the 101!Not sure where that is.

[mgkhndz]

ChatKat,

If you mean the 101 and the 23, then yes

[bishop13]

Raised in Koreatown, but have since escaped to Burbank ;)

[montecristo]

San Fernando Valley, more specifically, Panorama City.

[ChatKat]

ChatKat,

If you mean the 101 and the 23, then yes

Yes, the 101 (Ventura Fwy) close to the 23 (does that have a name?) is my playground. Born in West LA - transplanted to the Valley and for 10 years in the Conejo Valley (although I commute to the Valley everyday)

[zasboy]

Has anybody gone out to see the Monarch Butterflies? I'm still trying to find time to go out and take some shots of them.

More information here: Monarch Butterflies (http://www.pelicannetwork.net/butterfly.places.htm)

Oh, and I thought this quote was great(taken from the site):
"Many hundreds of thousands of Monarch Butterflies fly 2,500 miles in an arduous one month journey to arrive in Pacific Grove each fall with a great purpose."

I sure want to see that :)

[DAThomas9]

That's hard to believe after over 400 replies to this thread.

Pasadena is a great town, AND they have a Samy's store there.

I've been to the Samy's a few times - more like a closet than a store, but at least it's there.

[DAThomas9]

Someone else just east of me off the 101!

I work in Thousand Oaks, so I'm more of a neighbor than you think!

[mgkhndz]

Sorry about the commute. I did it also for a while. Now my commute is from the library to near Roxy's. We've been in T.O. since the E-quake bounced us here from Reseda.

And I see DAThomas9 is also a neighbor.

[brunester]

Santa Cruz here

[squashed]

Does anyone remember cruising Van Nuys Blvd? We used to race in front of the Fedco as well as eating the Pig trough at Farrells on VNB.



Oh ya, My cousin had a 67 Chevelle with a blown 396. We used to drive down from Ventura on Wednesday Nights (I think it was Wed)...2 tanks of gas in that car to go to Van Nuys and back lolol..I was just a kid then, good times for sure. Man those were the days huh.??

[ChatKat]

Yes, I was "bounced" to Thousand Oaks too from White Oak and Ventura (Encino)but made a brief stop in West Hills.

[davidk]

Im planning a road trip, looking for available responsible people in SoCal.

http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=261269