Southern Californians are a different breed

I'm visiting some family for the weekend, and we visited an aquarium. As I was walking back from the aquarium to the car, I saw a steady stream of people in rave gear walking past. I was curious, so I stopped one and asked where they were going and if there was a cover charge. They told me the name of the event and that the ticket price was over $100.

I looked it up online. It was a two-day event. One single-day, non-VIP ticket was $200. Maybe there was an early bird discount, but still.

I was waiting for a family member to wrap up volunteering, and during the 15 or 20 minutes I was there, the stream of ravers never stopped. There were hundreds of them, easily. The parking structure they were walking from was over a mile from the venue.

$200 for one dance floor and night of fun. HUNDREDS of people.

My NorCal mind cannot comprehend this.

#socal

SoCal Suburbia: The colorful uniformity of a Southern California planned community. Blue skies and the soft light of the fog rolling in.

南カリフォルニアの郊外
南カリフォルニアの計画都市が醸し出す、色彩豊かな均一感。青い空と、流れ込む霧の柔らかな光。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260615/ #SoCal #Suburbia #CaliforniaLiving #PlannedCommunity #ColorfulLiving

The slide archive of Pacific Outdoor Advertising, documented mostly hand-made advertisements on Southern California billboards between 1950’s-90’s. Saved from being thrown away by photographer Gary Leonard, now at the Huntington library.

https://www.tiktok.com/@beachboyz2men/video/7650214992410676510

https://www.huntington.org/collections/lib-photcl-488

#signs #billboards #advertising #huntingtonlibrary #LA #socal #tiktok

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pythonbynight/116715206665909550

So far we've had four (4) ‼️ submissions today, which makes me glad that we were able to extend the deadline.

If you live in SoCal and have used Python before in some way, consider proposing a talk! (Or even if you live far, and are planning to be in this area at the end of October.)

You have until the end of day, anywhere on earth, which is a little under 15 hours from the time stamp on this post.

Arts? Entertainment? Security? Education? Accounting? Data science? Hobbies? Culture? Something else?

I'm sure you have something to say worth saying!

https://2026.pybeach.org/speak

#PyBeach #CFP #SoCal #Python

#SchiffSamstag #ShipSaturday

Passing Under The Vincent Thomas Bridge

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Maritime #Nautical #Water #Sea #Ocean #CamelCase #SanPedro #California #US #USA #SoCal #CargoShip #PortOfLosAngeles #Pacific #LA #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Bridge #Bridges

🧛‍♀️Calling all SoCal vamps & non-vamps🧛‍♀️

Hellmouth Con — the yearly celebration for #BuffytheVampireSlayer, Angel, and the whole #Buffyverse — is back again at Sunnydale High June 13 & 14 with a whole cast of special guests, panels, cast photo-ops & more!

#buffy #losangeles #socal

More info: https://www.fandomcharities.org/hellmouthcon

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The Queen of Cool

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome