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May 29th, 2012, 03:07 PM
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You'll love the drive up the Cali coast! 
Since it's just one night, Harbor View Inn would be my suggestion. You can walk the wharf across the street, and also walk or take the trolley to downtown restaurants.
Since it's just one night, Harbor View Inn would be my suggestion. You can walk the wharf across the street, and also walk or take the trolley to downtown restaurants.
May 29th, 2012, 05:44 PM
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I'm a native Californian, of an age when there were not very many natives.
PLEASE DON'T CALL IT CALI. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard!! Before I read your post, I was going to say it's as bad as calling San Francisco, "San Fran", but I see you did that too!
Argh!
PLEASE DON'T CALL IT CALI. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard!! Before I read your post, I was going to say it's as bad as calling San Francisco, "San Fran", but I see you did that too!
Argh!
May 29th, 2012, 08:10 PM
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Agree. Saying 'Cali' or 'Frisco' will identify you as a tourist immediately and silly or not will subject you to eye-rolling or smirks from the locals.
The hotel recommendations up above are all good, depending on what kind of experience you want.
The hotel recommendations up above are all good, depending on what kind of experience you want.
May 30th, 2012, 06:30 AM
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May 30th, 2012, 08:11 AM
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It isn't so much that these terms will label you as a tourist - people will figure that out pretty quick when you are touring around when most people are working And being a tourist is not at all a bad thing. Tourism is a big part of our economy here and we love that tourists come. There are just come terms that grate on people's nerves - I think it is mostly because it seems that people from other places think that they are in-the-know by using the nicknames, but the nicknames are ones that only people from elsewhere use.
And being a tourist is not at all a bad thing. Tourism is a big part of our economy here and we love that tourists come. There are just come terms that grate on people's nerves - I think it is mostly because it seems that people from other places think that they are in-the-know by using the nicknames, but the nicknames are ones that only people from elsewhere use.
May 30th, 2012, 10:04 AM
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As a second generation Californian I should be laid back enough not to let such things bother me.
But please do not use that name for our state. It was coined by the idiot gangbangers in their "music" and should stay with them.
But please do not use that name for our state. It was coined by the idiot gangbangers in their "music" and should stay with them.
May 30th, 2012, 10:22 AM
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I am a big fan of hip hop and those who coined the term "Cali" were not gangbangers, nor were they idiots. I believe we have LLCoolJ to thank for the term, and while I love LL and think he is one of the finest male specimens ever to walk the planet, I do not thank him for introducing "Cali" to the vernacular.
May 30th, 2012, 03:38 PM
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People have been calling it Cali for many years and will continue to do so.
What's more annoying is that people who are annoyed by "Cali" can't get over it, and ruin travel threads with their nitpicky pet peeving.
What's more annoying is that people who are annoyed by "Cali" can't get over it, and ruin travel threads with their nitpicky pet peeving.
May 30th, 2012, 04:16 PM
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Clark, I don't know anyone who calls it Cali, other than a few rock singers.
It matters only in that, if your name was Clarkgriswold and people called you Woldy and you didn't like that term it would annoy you - that is all this is about.
It matters only in that, if your name was Clarkgriswold and people called you Woldy and you didn't like that term it would annoy you - that is all this is about.
May 30th, 2012, 07:41 PM
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Clark, You've been around Fodors for a long time. You know this is how we roll
logan - I know the lyrics to that song, thanks. I never said that the man didn't rap about violence, just that he wasn't a gangbanger - big difference.
logan - I know the lyrics to that song, thanks. I never said that the man didn't rap about violence, just that he wasn't a gangbanger - big difference.
May 30th, 2012, 07:53 PM
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I'm also a second generation native Californian. In fact I've moved back to my home 'town', which is a city not a town, some 30 years ago.
It's called California, nothing else.
Personally speaking, I don't think people who try to shorten it are tourists or ignorant tourists...I think they're idiots.
It's called California, nothing else.
Personally speaking, I don't think people who try to shorten it are tourists or ignorant tourists...I think they're idiots.
