A SoCal Saturday Urban Hike

[Scott Gilmore]

What a great pictorial.

Thanks!

You should ask that girl out sometime.

Good suggestion! Hey, wait! Turns out I did just that, some thirty three years, two months and thirteen days ago.

[Monkey@Arms]

Thanks!

Good suggestion! Hey, wait! Turns out I did just that, some thirty three years, two months and thirteen days ago.

Now if we could only do something about the weird clothes

Best regards,

Jake

[Sean_the_Kilted]

Great pics. Makes me a little homesick for SoCal. I'm orignally from Huntington Beach. Thanks for sharing

[Mumbles]

Awesome thread! Makes me homesick as well for California, especially those burritos. You can't get good Mexican food here in Germany ><

[Mr. MacDougall]

I first visited San Diego when my ship, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) made port call there in 1989. Being a sailor, and hanging out with other sailors, mostly what I saw that visit were the sort of businesses that cater to sailors -- bars, mostly featuring scantily clad women.

A couple of years later, my (then) girlfriend got a job at the Little Globe Theater as a carpenter, and we spent the summer in San Diego. I mostly remember it being hot and dry... but the flea market rocked my small, self-centered world.

This was a great series, and I find myself thinking about doing "a walking tour of Flagstaff." Hmm. Maybe when my new AmeriKilt arrives, I'll combine a review and a tour of our small town. Hmm.

[Warhoover]

Your photo tour brings back memories! I loved being in San Diego when I was based at NAS North Island. I would get up on a Sunday morning, if I did not have duty, and go walkabout for a good part of the day. It was so nice to see familiar sights again! Lots of good memories! Nice to see the suspension bridge again. Have been over that a few times .

[Scott Gilmore]

Great pics. Makes me a little homesick for SoCal. I'm originally from Huntington Beach. Thanks for sharing

Thanks. Hey, we lived in Huntington Beach for a short while back in the `90s just as the O.C. went bankrupt. Not a bad place (nice beach and pier), and no disrespect to your `hood and all, but I'd rather be in Germany.

Awesome thread! Makes me homesick as well for California, especially those burritos. You can't get good Mexican food here in Germany ><

Thanks. Yep, CalMex is the best food on earth. When Carol and I finally retire to other less frantic parts of this earth, we're going to miss the snot outta our food here. Glad you enjoyed the tour.

[David Dalglish]

Great pictures Scott, thanks for the tour

[CameronTaylor]

I didn't know Hazard went THAT far back ..
I'm trying to remember some of the funnier named places in Hillcrest.
I delivered an original artwork to my friends Uncle Doug and Aunt Bob a few years back (pre-kilted days).
Carrying paintings on amtrak is not a good idea ...


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[Scott Gilmore]

Thanks for an absolutely fascinating and engrossing thread. You have taught us so much about San Diego which we would never have known.
John Basilone certainly died a hero, though it must have been tragic for his young bride Lena to lose him so soon after their marriage.

Good eye, Alex. I tried to get that photo crisp enough to read the plaque's inscription, but I wasn't satisfied with my efforts. Glad to hear you eagle-eyed types could make it out in spite of the photo's quality.

I didn't know Hazard went THAT far back ..
I'm trying to remember some of the funnier named places in Hillcrest.
I delivered an original artwork to my friends Uncle Doug and Aunt Bob a few years back (pre-kilted days).
Carrying paintings on amtrak is not a good idea ...

Yes, Hazard in its evolving iterations have been major players in the construction business in this part of the world for a long time.

As far as humorously named places, well, Hillcrest is, as you probably know, the Gayest `hood south of San Francisco's Mission District. Its eclecticism is a big part of why we live here; those without a thick skin and a generous sense of humor need not apply.

Thanks again one and all.