tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post6111956288316763047..comments2024-03-22T14:59:09.847-07:00Comments on O.C. History Roundup: Knott's Christmas, Orville Hanson, & Book BaronChris Jepsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-24276944275200056832007-12-26T08:33:00.000-08:002007-12-26T08:33:00.000-08:00I will see if Mom can find any old photos. Since s...I will see if Mom can find any old photos. Since she taught me how to be disorganized it is unlikely, but I will ask. And yes, you will someday be as paranoid as me, but a far better parent. You'll buy your kids Disney passes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-54554754538160856012007-12-25T19:38:00.000-08:002007-12-25T19:38:00.000-08:00Yes, Leon's is great too, but the five-hour drive ...Yes, Leon's is great too, but the five-hour drive is a pain in the ass, even if I DO get to stop at the Hitching Post (in Buellton) for steak and shrimp cocktail on the way home.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see photos of the rock tunnels at the Buena Park Mall. That sounds great! My closest memory is climbing on big concrete animals at Westminster Mall. I specifically remember a lifesized bear and an alligator. But caves sounds much cooler.<BR/><BR/>The Sears at Buena Park Mall had a beautiful Modern exterior, which I hope they didn't screw up during the mall's recent makeover. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, I never got to see Jungle Island or Santa's Igloo. We usually went to Knott's in November, for my birthday. And I don't think we ever spent time on anything east of the highway except Independence Hall.<BR/><BR/>As for letting kids play in the mall, I don't think that's any more dangerous than it was when we were kids. The media just makes it SEEM like it's a more dangerous world than it used to be. If there's one gory child-murder in Tulsa, we'll all hear about it (in detail) for months, because it brings up ratings and sells more advertising. <BR/><BR/>I say this now,... but just watch. Someday I'll be a father myself and I'll be the most paranoid guy on the planet.Chris Jepsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-19583696953031580482007-12-25T08:40:00.000-08:002007-12-25T08:40:00.000-08:00Hadn't check your blog in a while, but thanks for ...Hadn't check your blog in a while, but thanks for the memories! Book Baron was my first book-junkie love growing up, even better than the library, it hooked me on that old-book smell that just does not translate to the burnt-Starbucks-coffee aroma at Border's. Now I make the 5 hour drive to SLO for Leon's. And every Christmas we would go to KBF, see Santa at his igloo. and then spend hours racing through the old jungle island playground until Mom dragged us off to the Sears Center, leaving us to play in the rock tunnels while she ran into a store. A whole slew of memories I cannot pass down to my kids, especially the leaving the kids in the middle of a mall thing. I so miss the OC you post here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com