Our new garden up on Fire Mountain, in Oceanside, looked like hell I grew up in Southern California suburbia and hated gardening. It was called yard work, which pretty much explains why any kid would …
“Too many balcony bars will open up, and in five years, sooner or later, they’ll all be in the cocaine business.”
Posted April 23, 1987
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