West Coast Ledgies Unite!!! - Page 2

ragandbone · #16 10-01-2005, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by David

When you're meeting fellow ledgies, you get nervous & you sweat. So the air temperature should be below 70, with plenty of cleansing, cool breeze, preferably with a hint of sea brine.
We could have an excellent ledgie picnic at Golden Gate Park,

Oh, it'll be well, well below 70, even in July! I call that "cool breeze" a "biting foggy wind".
;^)
But you are right, it is an amazing glorious City, and the park would be a good place to get together. In fact, the weather makes it possible to show off velvet coats and hats, etc.
That'd be easy for me, as I just moved south to Santa cruz after 17 years in the City, and I have some friends still up there I could stay with.

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Originally Posted by David

& then trip in to see the planetarium show & the dinosaurs. Then over to the Cliff House for crab cocktail & vodka tonics.

But, could we all have the vodka tonics before the Planetarium?

Beachwood Mac · #17 10-01-2005, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ragandbone

Hi Terry!
I grew up in Redondo and Hermosa. My mom still lives off Prospect.

Um, yeah so... that's exciting, huh?
just thought I would say

I guess I miss my beach.

Eliza

Here's a picture taken from my living room. I love living at the beach and would miss it too! I'm not far from Prospect on Avenue A just up the hill from PCH.

Terry

ragandbone · #18 10-01-2005, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Beachwood Mac

Here's a picture taken from my living room. I love living at the beach and would miss it too!

Sigh. Thanks for that view.
Santa Cruz has beautiful beaches, but they aren't the same. Your View is looking ove to Riviera Village, where I lived, just off the Esplanade, until I was 11. It sure has spiffed up since I was a kid in the 70's, it was a little shabbier and funkier then. Every time I visit my mom, I think it is starting to look like Santa Barbara. (hey, that would be a nice place for a gathering)

Well, it's not so bad, I've got redwoods out my back window. Now I am a "lady from the mountain", or "lady from the fountain" as my toddler likes to call it.

desertangel · #19 10-01-2005, 03:23 AM

How about Sausalito? Maybe Big Sur or Monterey. I really love Santa Barbara and Montecito. Maybe even Pacific Palasaides. So many really beautiful places that would be fitting of a gathering in honor of a beautiful person...

Laura

LiquidBlue5000 · #20 10-01-2005, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

I'm curious...some of you East Coast ledgies who voted...would you really come here??? Liquidblue? Hejira?

(I know Strand would.

).

Darling, i flew to Los Angeles 2 years ago for one day to see a concert featuring Prince's old band "The Revolution" perform... What do you think?

WelshWitchPMD · #21 10-01-2005, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

I'm curious...some of you East Coast ledgies who voted...would you really come here??? Liquidblue? Hejira?

(I know Strand would.

).

Well, I would love to go to San Francisco but one small problem. I am flat broke!

Miss Vicky · #22 10-01-2005, 08:37 AM

A little suggestion...

If the idea is to get the West Coast Ledgies together, might it be a better idea to make the event Fleetwood Mac themed rather than Stevie? That way those of us who are more into other members/incarnations won't feel left out or alienated?

I don't know, maybe I'm just speaking for myself, but if a Fleetwood Mac themed event were held in San Francisco (L.A. is out of the question), I might try to find a way to make it. If the theme is strictly Stevie, I won't even consider it.

estranged4life · #23 10-01-2005, 09:48 AM

Dallas would be logical for those of us who live in the SouthWestern part of the US...

The only place in CA I ever plan to visit is California City.

David · #24 10-01-2005, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

A little suggestion...

If the idea is to get the West Coast Ledgies together, might it be a better idea to make the event Fleetwood Mac themed rather than Stevie?

I assure you, if I attend or help plan this event, it will be Fleetwood Mac theme, not Stevie Nicks.

David · #25 10-01-2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by desertangel

How about Sausalito? Maybe Big Sur or Monterey. I really love Santa Barbara and Montecito. Maybe even Pacific Palasaides. So many really beautiful places that would be fitting of a gathering in honor of a beautiful person...

Sausalito is north of San Francisco -- no sense in doing that (unless we went to Crescent City with its extraordinary tsunami museum).

Big Sur isn't an appropriate spot for a group of us to lodge. Monterey is a strong possibility -- or even better, Pacific Grove.

Santa Barbara area is a possibility, as is a bit further south in Ventura.

I like the idea of heading to Placerville for some hangtown fries. And Amber can show us around the Gold Country.

Neal · #26 10-01-2005, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by macfanken

Hmmm... I don't think anyone will come up HERE... so I'll say San Francisco.

Good choice

Neal · #27 10-01-2005, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I assure you, if I attend or help plan this event, it will be Fleetwood Mac theme, not Stevie Nicks.

That's cool too. Whatever it takes to draw the biggest crowd, I say...

ragandbone · #28 10-01-2005, 12:49 PM

Yes, I would rather it be Fleetwood Mac.

If there is a consideration of heading further North (it doesn't seem likely) then Guerneville would be fun, and there are many affordable lodging possibilities there, next to the russian river. Also, Santa Cruz and Monterey bay have a lot of rentable "retreat" centers, and some even have music stages, but then the group would be sort of isolated. It's true that Big Sur would not be appropriate, except there is this one funky place called the Fernwood Resort, and they have been booking bands from San Francisco.

I was thinking that if the event were held in LA, it would be cool to find some old deco hotel - used to go to a club that was held at the old Embassy - something with a ballroom.

I guess I am getting a little ahead of myself...I am new here...
:sheepishly retreats:

sparky · #29 10-01-2005, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ragandbone

I was thinking that if the event were held in LA, it would be cool to find some old deco hotel - used to go to a club that was held at the old Embassy - something with a ballroom.

I guess I am getting a little ahead of myself...I am new here...
:sheepishly retreats:

Lord Have Mercy. That would probably be expensive. Even a dump here is five hundred to a thousand bucks for a BALLROOM. Can't imagine we would have that many people. But it is a grand idea. I could go North or stay in LA. As long as I get to meet Amber and give her some grief.

SapphireSister · #30 10-01-2005, 01:06 PM

It looks like SF is the logical choice here according to the voting. So let's start planning the date and location. Someone from up North should help out here

. I wouldn't mind ending up at a kareoke bar to sing some Stevie/FM hits. We could all make fun of eachother. Any suggestions?

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