My great realization when my dad was transferred from Charlotte, North Carolina to Santa Monica back in 1966 was that, despite all those Beach Boy songs and surf movies, everyone in Southern California didn’t live in a mansion overlooking the ocean among all the celebrities. My family spent a few weeks in a motel in Culver City, then moved to Reseda out in the San Fernando Valley. There were no celebrities or ocean breezes. I was confused.
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My great realization when my dad was transferred from Charlotte, North Carolina to Santa Monica back in 1966 was that, despite all those Beach Boy songs and surf movies, everyone in Southern California didn’t live in a mansion overlooking the ocean among all the celebrities. My family spent a few weeks in a motel in Culver City, then moved to Reseda out in the San Fernando Valley. There were no celebrities or ocean breezes. I was confused.