Re: California dining advice needed.

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From: Allan Schaffer
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:04

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"Phil Parkman" <pparkman@comcast.net> said..
>Between Santa Barabara and SLO (about .5 hour N of Santa Barbara)
>there's a short turnoff that will get you to Solvang, famous for two things:
>1) It's a Danish enclave in the US; you can have a smalltown Danish
>tourist experience.  When I was a kid driving to LA, we always stopped here
>for breakfast, there are numerous Danish bakeries and coffeehouses.

Solvang is a tourist trap.  Its sole purpose is to lure retirees into
buying little ceramic windmills for their grandchildren.

Allan
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Allan Schaffer                                            allan@sgi.com
Silicon Graphics                                     http://www.sgi.com

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From: allan@southpark.engr.sgi.com (Allan Schaffer)
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Subject: Re: California dining advice needed.
Date: 4 Feb 2004 19:04:20 GMT
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