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I used to really like trips into SF when I was young. I grew up in the suburbs and always liked going to be in the midst of the city with all the skyscrapers and stuff. My mom used to take me to Chinatown and all the bazaars.
We used to take a lot of trips to Honolulu because thats where we have family and that was probably my favorite city by far. Used to usually stay at my great-grandmother's condo in Waikiki just a short walk from the beach and Ala Moana Mall.
Minneapolis.
I had a childhood crush on Mary Tyler Moore.
San Francisco is special to me as well. I was obsessed the ocean, and being a kid in Kansas, it was mesmerizing to be in Fisherman's Wharf with all that maritime culture.
Chicago. Poltergeist III was the first film that ever scared the crap out of me. I remember it all took place inside the John Hancock Building. Now that I'm older, and enjoy scary movies, I consider it iconic building of my childhood.
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I used to really like trips into SF when I was young. I grew up in the suburbs and always liked going to be in the midst of the city with all the skyscrapers and stuff. My used to take me to Chinatown and all the bazaars.
I grew up in Santa Cruz and on weekend trips to San Francisco as a little kid I felt the same way. It was always really exciting for me to walk around Union Square down to Chinatown or up to Nob Hill. And Golden Gate Park and the museums and Academy of Science seemed amazing to me as a kid(I loved the alligators at the Academy of Science). Chinatown especially though--I just remember walking around the little basement shops selling all the trinkets and the smells of all the restaurants--or the Chinese movie theatres with posters for Hong Kong action films--and imagining I was in China. And the restaurant we used to--Hunan Homes(which is still there and delicious) had a huge fish/seafood tank down by the basement that my dad would always remark that was what we'd be eating later.
Another couple of cities were Chicago and Milwaukee. I had family in Milwaukee on my mom's side, and I think it might have been one of the first places I ever travelled outside of California or Nevada as a kid. I just remember being amazed at all the huge skyscrapers in Chicago--I had a picture of Chicago's downtown on my wall as a kid for some reason, so I was excited to see this huge city and stare up at these giant buildings. And the Museum of Science and Industry seemed really cool as a kid, even though my mom got worried when she got lost somewhere on the South Side. Milwaukee was interesting to me, because it seemed so different from what I knew in California. My mom's family was all Polish-Americans and at that point in the mid-80s they still lived south of downtown in what was the traditional Polish neighborhoods(prior to moving the suburbs in the 90s). I just remember walking around these old houses and going to an old Polish Cathedral for mass and the Polish Festival on the lake(which seemed like an ocean to me). It just felt kind of old world--and I remember the hot summer weather and bugs and fireflies at night at my great grandparents house--who were Polish immigrants. I just remember having fond memories of both those cities as a kid.
Minneapolis.
I had a childhood crush on Mary Tyler Moore. San Francisco is special to me as well. I was obsessed the ocean, and being a kid in Kansas, it was mesmerizing to be in Fisherman's Wharf with all that maritime culture.
Chicago. Poltergeist III was the first film that ever scared the crap out of me. I remember it all took place inside the John Hancock Building. Now that I'm older, and enjoy scary movies, I consider it iconic building of my childhood.
Growing up in Sacramento, San Francisco was the New York of the West Coast. I grew up watching Full House, Ms. Doubtfire, and seeing the city in TV and film. Also I was fascinated with the Golden Gate Bridge. I didnt realize how close it was from Sacramento. My parents would always take day trips to SF. Who knew years later I would live there.
I was also obsessed with New York City. Again seeing it in the big and small screen made me realized I needed to check it out, which I did when I graduated from high school. It was everything I expected.
Same here! I still want to have my picture taken next to the MTM statue in the downtown lol.
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