I think you don’t fully appreciate the place in which you live. That’s why I think some people who live in San Diego don’t love it as much as people who visit every so often.

I live in Pasadena and try and get down to San Diego twice a year or so. I think there is a lot to like. The San Diego Symphony is wonderful. Their performance space is small – you don’t feel like you are in a football stadium when you go there for a concert. I like the “walk-ability” of much of Downtown. Years ago I had tea at the U.S. Grant Hotel on winter afternoon and it was wonderful. I love La Jolla. I also like the museums in Balboa Park. The photography museum is great.

There’s a great bike ride up PCH from La Jolla beside UC San Diego up into Del Mar. It’s hilly and tiring, but the smell of the ocean air is wonderful. I love Torrey Pines. Driving through there, at night, with the windows down, smelling the pine trees and the ocean, is wonderful.