This east coaster just got back from a trip to Los Angeles for the wedding of the daughter of a cousin. It is a whole different world out there. There was nothing but housing developments and strip malls.

It was a fairly wealthy section of LA. Everything was well maintained. It was common to have churches in the malls, including one calling itself the Church of California. I mean no offense to those of you who live out there, but it reminded me of Gertrude Stein’s description of Oakland as having “no there there”.

It added to things that the bride was a bit quirky even by California standards. At the wedding reception, she demonstrated he ability to do backflips, and managed to do so in her wedding gown without any wardrobe malfunction.