I grew up in BC and the Seattle suburbs, and now live in the Bay Area, and am also guilty of longing for The Real Stuff. Websites like this one certainly do nothing but fuel my nostalgia from growing up.
But I'm certain my memory is selectively excluding the 9 months of the year when it drizzled, the moss that grew on my fucking car, the 6 hours (if it wasn't cloudy) of daylight in the winter months, and how awful it was for the 1 week a year when it actually did get hot in August.
Of course, it was only 45 minutes to go skiing (instead of 4.5 hours), we never locked our doors, my childhood home cost $80,000 instead of more than 10 times that, and only weirdos sent their kids to private schools.
Dec. 7, 2021, 6:14 p.m. - Andeh
I grew up in BC and the Seattle suburbs, and now live in the Bay Area, and am also guilty of longing for The Real Stuff. Websites like this one certainly do nothing but fuel my nostalgia from growing up. But I'm certain my memory is selectively excluding the 9 months of the year when it drizzled, the moss that grew on my fucking car, the 6 hours (if it wasn't cloudy) of daylight in the winter months, and how awful it was for the 1 week a year when it actually did get hot in August. Of course, it was only 45 minutes to go skiing (instead of 4.5 hours), we never locked our doors, my childhood home cost $80,000 instead of more than 10 times that, and only weirdos sent their kids to private schools.