Well,you guys knew this was coming ....


I am relatively new to the board ... and I have to do it .... give a shout out to all my neighboring Californians out there ...

I am in Los Angeles,

and I figured with so many people posting... it would be nice to see who my fellow fountain pen connoisseur's were out here in California ...

If you are from California ... or anywhere west coast ... give a shout out ....

After all, how many states can claim to have a Governor who is a bodybuilder/actor/politician ?

Waving back at you from the South Bay of Los Angeles County, enjoying the great weather and cleaning out pens.

Joi

I ' M S H O U T I N G

Well, I seem to have heard a strong voice just a while ago that wind must have brought down from san diego ... lol ... very cool ....


May the voice of the Californians grow stronger and the grace with which they write last even longer !


Thanks to all for the shout outs, and can't wait to hear more......

A fine shout from Santa Clarita!
PMS

South City, represent!


(That's South San Francisco, and not, ahem, the southern part of my native city.)

Anyway, holla!

Hello from another Southern Californian.

Work in Fullerton, live in Pomona.

Greetings from Cupertino!

Greetings from Dixon, CA (I'll leave it to you to find it on a map).

Ahhhh.....there we go.....I heard those shout outs coming in from the Bay Area ....

And as for sdcurnow :

How can we forget Dixon ! (Part of Solano county - 23 miles from our state capital !)

I am glad to see all Californians stepping up to the plate ....

What is this "shout out" of which you speak? Is it something all the kids are doing these days?

hi from Marin

Second shout out from Santa Clarita... just north of pmsalty apparently

Ex-Californian here...currently an Iowan...first 17 years of life in Studio City, CA in the lovely San Fernando Valley. (Back when Charles Manson was just drinking on the Sunset Strip and Joni Mitchell was sleeping around and writing great songs. Ah, lovely days!)

Just a way of shouting to the top of the lungs in your local apartment/home so that your neighbors of the respective 5 blocks around you can hear

(lol...just kidding...)

I had to term it "shout out" and not just saying hello .... because hey .... after all we are unique ... we are Californians ... we ride with THE TOP DOWN !! ..

It's just a way of saying hi ... and letting your fellow pen collectors know that you are their neighbor ...

I think if we can get a lot of people from the neighboring areas together, it might be fun to discuss any pen related info/events/shows which relates to the

approx. area we are all in


Thanks again ...

Kern County -- otherwise known as Little Texas or Okie Country

I'm sorry, frotz. My parents are from Salinas, so they knew about Okies.

Howdy from the Mar Vista neighborhood of LA!

Thank you for the reply ... It is nice to see that you are still a true Californian at heart .....

Oh yeah .... Charles Manson .... yup, I guess those were the good old days .... (haha) ....

One of my best friends lives in Santa Clarita .... so hellloooooooooo thereeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!

How can we forget Kern County (Okie country is the best !!!!!!!!)

And we have a response from Mar Vista (I used to live right in the border between Mar Vista and Marina del Rey - zip code 90066)

A big SHOUT OUT back to all of you and thank you for replying !!!!!!!!!!

You guys rule !!!

Well yeah, I guess I meant when he was ONLY drinking and being weird on the strip...I read an article in Rolling Stone once...apparently he'd come in and drink in the afternoons and they would try to get him to leave and he wouldn't.

When I am back in LA, what hits me so strongly is the smell of the plants, the soil - it's so different than the middest, of course, a whole different ecology. Even in car-packed old LA, the earth gets through to your senses.

I was impressed in 2001 by how much less smoggy LA was. I went to the Griffith Observatory at dusk and could actually see the city beneath. Amazing to those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s. On a clear day you can see...wait, what's a clear day?

LA's changed, its a lot better than it was a while back. I travel to San Gabriel almost monthly, have a little house that is jointly owned by family.

and yes, its the smell of the city as well as the humidity, there's something there, unlike the sandy dry vegas.

Born in Redondo Beach/Hawthorne, live in Tustin and work in Long Beach. /Craig

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to say thanks to all the californians at heart for taking the time to give a big shout out

I am hoping that more of our neighbors on this board will eventually trickle down here to this thread

I think if we can get quite a few people here - and since we are from the same state - it would be nice to talk about any fountain pen events, etc...

that might be coming up

I see a lot of events taking place, but most of them are in the east coast .... so I hope we will be able to pinpoint more activities going on near us ....

Thanks again, and you guys are great !!!

san francisco.. live and work.....

i could go gangsta and just say 707... but i'm not gangsta, nor am i trying to be. so i'll just have to say

yeah. because if i said just dixon, people would think dixon was a big enough town for two fp-lovers

I'm here and can be found as it says at the end of the runway in lower Millbrae.

If anyone is close swing by Peter's Cafe around noon and we can chat pens. (That is noon Saturday May 3, 2008). I'm meeting another FPN member to talk 51 repairs. Feel free to join us.

Peter's Cafe is on the corner of El Camino and Millbrae Ave just a few blocks off 101.

Todd

And we'll recognize you how?

Oh: and any ink samples anyone wants?

I'll put my blue tool box of pen goodies on the edge of the table.

Hadn't thought about bringing any ink. Good idea.

Todd

Oh wow ... how I wish I could join you guys ... an afternoon of pen talk !!! That would be nice ....

But I have some commitments for this weekend ... actually for which I am just heading out ....

Anyway, you guys have a great time ....

Hopefully I will get to join you guys on another meet sometime ...

It is great to see that we have so many people who are into fountain pens, and imagine - so many from our own neck of the woods !!!

Just can't seem to leave California....
Born & raised in Santa Barbara.
University in La Mirada. Finally woke up a few years after graduation and left Orange County!
Been on the Central Coast for the past 20 years...first in Avila Beach and now Arroyo Grande.

I lived all over CA, let's see... Santa Ana, Hungtinton Beach... Cerritos... Irvine... (3 years in Long Island)... back in San Francisco... Greenbrae... now in Novato

Kevin

Born and raised in SoCal -- in Los Feliz Hills. (Attended Catholic school with Heidi Fleiss; how LA can one get?) Lived/worked in Brentwood, then Santa Monica. My entire family still lives in the LA-area.

Born and sortv raised in San Francisco (Navy brat, me). One of my classmates was Zeena LaVey, Anton LaVey's daughter. I don't remember ever having a conversation with her, but one of my best friends had been friends with her at elementary school and remembers going to the LaVey's infamous black house (they had a pet lion).

Representing da East Bay...El Cerrito and Richmond. Richmond in the house carrying a Dupont!

Jenny

What can I say .....

I am just sitting here feeling the love from all my fellow Californians on this board

This is great ... just want to say thanks to all the Californians new to this thread .... and give a big loving SHOUT OUT back your way ...

Spread the love !!!

Duuuude!

Did someone mention the Capitol?
Born; Burbank, resided (chronologically): Van Nuys, Fresno, Sacramento, Mission Hills, Three Rivers, Visalia, Fresno, Lemoore, Tulare, Sacramento, Carmichael, Sacramento, Carson City, NV, Kingsburg, Visalia, Citrus Heights, Antelope, Natomas, Citrus Heights and now back in Sacramento county. I'm dizzy.

Tustin/Irvine here!

From Santa Rosa to Sonoma/Napa area to Vacaville now living in my own valley in the hills west of Arbuckle and working in Sacramento.

Well ... I figured I would mention my latest experience here ... since it does pertain to those living in So Cal

I am sure that most people already know about Flax Pen and Paper in Westwood, but if not ....

I recently had a pen that was not doing too great when it came to flow ...

I was recommended on this board to try Aurora Black Ink - as it is one of the thickest inks out there - and tends to well ... give more flow to any pen that

writes as dry as the desert

I tried looking all over Los Angeles (did not want to order online ... as it said shipping would take a few days ... and I wanted immediate results ... )

Finally, one of my friends here recommended this store ... they just about have everything and anything

I did not know it ... but this is supposed to be THE hallmark store when it comes to fountain pen stuff

Beware ... they are expensive ... but if you have something in mind you cannot find somewhere else - this store is your best bet

They are on Gayley avenue just 3 minutes from UCLA

Just thought I would mention it ... the people in the store were really nice, and I indeed got the ink that gave my pen a refreshing wet flow !!!

Also to the Californians new to this thread who replied ... welcome to the club !!!

Greetings from the West Coast!

☺We are practically down the street from each other... Well about 30 minutes or so.

Keep in touch.

Richard

PS. You can get my contact information at RICHARDink.com

I remember that house on California Street if memory serves. The front door was painted in what appeared to be blood, and the roof was covered with nails/spikes....
I'll never forget it.

I never saw it. I read Anton LaVey's The Satanic Witch out of curiosity, and it was hilarious!


When I worked at KFRC (when it was still on Bush Street), one of the reps from the CoS came to the station for an interview about backmasking (remember THAT controversy?!), and it was hard to take the guy seriously -- and I was young and impressionable. Heh.

I live in Vegas now, but I was born in Pomona, grew up in Ontario, then lived in Pasadena for four years. HOLLA!