I just wrote a letter to a friend in Cali asking about the Santa Ana winds


there are 2 weather conditions I just love ... Santa Ana winds ... and snow ... and you can't live in one place and experience both as regular weather occurrences ... as I sat here thinking about how great it was as a child to feel that hot wind blowing I decided to go outside and have a cig ... and to my surprise it was snowing ... for a brief moment it felt like I experienced both ...


I spent 25 years in California ... it is still the only place in the US where I don't get lost ... it has to be the easiest place to get around ... there is a rhyme and reason to everything there ... there are some days I really really miss living out there ... it was good to move away and experience life elsewhere ... and I don't picture myself ever moving back ... but I have such amazing memories of the place ...


there are some things you can only get there ... like In-N-Out Burger ... until you have eaten there you have no idea how great a hamburger can taste ... or that homemade fries could be so amazing ... and Wahoo's Fish Tacos ... they make the most incredible black beans ... and Disneyland ... there is seriously no place like it on earth ... I don't care how old you are once you walk through the front gates you are a kid and the world has just opened up ... the Orange County Swap Meet ... where Kris and I worked during our entire adolescence is the most kick ass outdoor market place [at least it was during the 80's and beginning of the 90's] ... I never lived farther than 20 minutes from IKEA and worked at the one in the City of Industry ... hanging out at the Huntington Pier or the Balboa peninsula were amazing experiences ...


I could go on forever ... it is the greatest place ... and I think one has to live there to know how amazing it really is ... sure it can be a groovy place to visit ... but there is nothing like living there ... no matter where I was living in California ... the place is great ...