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Thank you! Hope your Christmas was merry & bright!

@@nintendogamedude Awww, thank you so much!! You made my day!!

Merry Christmas! Hope you had a good one! 🎄🎄🎄

Thank you so much!!! Yeah, Union Station is a gem! It is on my list to cover it. It's not only historically rich, but is still used every single day, by Amtrak, and also as a connector for the Metro trains & buses.

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄 Hope you had a really good one!

Thank you so much for this info! It makes a lot of sense and should be the training for all military (and leadership positings in general) -- having respect for what your subordinates do is so important. Again, thank you for this info! I hope you had a wonderful holiday!

Thank you for this info! I didn't get a chance to get there, though. But I have it on my list for next year! Hope you had a great Christmas!

Have you been to a German Christmas market? What's it like? This year I had 2 relatives who had milestone birthdays & 2 high school reunions to go to, none of them in California! So 4 trips back to my home state of KY. Not complaining -- I love spending time with my family & friends! But I really do want to go to Germany at Christmastime and experience a real Christmas market. Maybe next year!

@JasmineApple , the closest is Biergarten in Huntington Beach and Sawdust Arts Winter Festival in Laguna Beach.

Thank you so much! You've made my day! I've never been to England, but it's on my bucket list!

@JasmineApple when you come to the UK I would definitely advise you to go to Edinburgh, Scotland followed by a visit to the Scottish Highlands. The further North West you go in Scotland the more beautiful the Highlands become! I really want to hike to the back of the Hollywood sign when I next get to travel♥️

Thank you! I agree, it is expensive. But I still had a blast!

I miss the free Christmas drive thru as well! I'm gonna try to get to the Griffith Park train ride -- not sure I can do the zoo walk, though!

@@JasmineApple I never knew about it until I saw a mention in the LA Weekly back in 2004. It only started since 1995 by the DWP. They used the same "corny" lights every year, but it was kind of comforting to know what to expect and the "music" playing while you drove by. I worked in Van Nuys in 2008 and drove past griffith park every day, so I would always stop by to see the lights until they stopped for awhile.

I'll be out of town for the BH farmer's market, so I won't be able to make it!

No, they do not! It's one of the reasons I like going there!

I don't know that I've ever seen homeless in Beverly Hills. It's a separate, incorporated city from Los Angeles with its own fire & police. Their higher-income/peoperty tax revenue means they can hire more police per square mile than LAPD. So they aggressively keep the homeless out & crime low. LAPD - large as it is - doesn't have an equivalent staff or budget. Crime is higher & LAPD are spread thin. So if the worst thing you're doing is sleeping on the street, they'll mostly leave you alone. The homeless tend to congregate together for safety & camraderie. It's a hugely complicated problem with no single or easy solution.

I'm heart-broken! I truly thought they were swallows, but after reading your comment, I looked up the differences, & crows are much larger than swallows. So, you are probably right. Sigh ... I was so happy that I had seen them, and now ... sigh ...

There was a long line for the pasta wheel, where I ate - took me about 30 minutes. The igloo areas were pretty high priced - lowest price was $180 - so I'm not surprised there were no takers. But the food being store bought? I didn't see this when I was there. The Pasta Wheel was making the food in its tent. It was a little pricey but not more than I've seen at places like Descanso Gardens, or other holiday-type events. I still had a blast!

Thank you so much!!

I agree!! It's the 1st time I've been there - but I'll def be going back! I want to try the sunday smorgasborg. Hope you had a great thanksgiving!

You are very welcome, Simon! What is it like in Adalaide this time of year?

@JasmineApple - HOT!!! 🔥

Soooo many people!! Mostly families - by 8:30, it had mostly cleared out. But it was ALOT of fun!

Thank you so much!!

@@ralphbenites1312 Some of these street lamps are still used all over the city. If you go downtown to Broadway, you'll see the Broadway rose. I've seen these old street lamps in Hollywood, Echo Park & other places, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were also in Commerce. I hope they get repaired! They're too beautiful to just languish as old, broken relics!

Thank you!

@@ihsaanm97 You won't be able to get on board with the Italian Vibes experience. There is a small Italian Village with exhibits & food vendors - that is what you get with the Italian Vibes experience, & you can take photos of the ship from shore. The Italian village was fine, & the exhibits were okay, but I didn't think they were worth mentioning in the video.

Haha!! I hadn't thought of that!!

Glad you enjoyed it!! It's a great place!

That's awesome! It's such a beautiful ship - I hope you love it!

It's called Bronson Canyon. If you head north on Canyon Drive,you'll go straight into the park.

Thank you! I'll bet your wedding was beautiful - what a great place to have a wedding!

Haha! A very happy horse!

Is that the one docked at the Hyde Street Pier? If so, I haven't been to that one. I toured the Jeremiah O'Brien, which is at Fisherman's Wharf, last March. I wouldn't compare to the Amerigo Vespucci, though -- The Amerigo Vespucci is a sailboat, but the Jeremiah O'Brien -- built only 18 years later -- was a steam engine powered by coal. I'm hoping to get back to San Francisco this March. I'll try to check that ship out then!

We could not go in the cabins. I would have loved to have seen them!

@@medialex78 Nooooo!!! I didn't realize that! I wonder what's going to happen to their collection.

Thank you!! It was so much fun!

Thank you! No worries about being late - life happens! Happy halloween to you, too!!

@@SomeplaceOrAnother Thank you! Horse races are a lot of fun! I've wanted to go to Santa Anita here in LA, but just haven't made it yet.

@@Sweetheartstoryreviews awesome!! I'm a pretty voracious reader - when you finish your book, let me know!! I'd love to read it! You might want to consider Ernest E Debs park, in East LA. The park itself is pretty large, but the is a section of the park at the top of a hill with fantastic views of downtown LA. I did a video of the Audobon center in the park, but that's not the section I'm referring to - I haven't been to this part of the park yet. But one of its coolest features of this park is a hidden swing - you can swing out over the hill with the LA skyline in the distance - at sunset, you can get pretty incredible views. If your character is looking for solitude, the lake, the swing, the urban skyline in a wooded setting - it's pretty darn cool!

@@JasmineApple Oh wow, that sounds amazing! I will totally research that. Your videos are making me want to go visit LA (I'm in Utah). I've been before, but when I was a teenager visiting my grandfather in Highland. But as an adult, the traffic scares me. But maybe someday I'll gather my braves. I'm a brand new baby author, so my book probably won't be ready for about 2 years, but I'd love to send you an ecopy when it's ready. ❤❤❤

@@larrywong6331 Thank you! Fairfax is a very cool area. Bit of trivia - I was on The Price is Right back in the 80s. My dad LOVED the show, so when he came out to visit one year, I took him to a taping. It was on his birthday. I didn't know it at the time, but they interview all the audience members before you go in. I watched as they interviewed the people in front of me, & they liked bubbly people, so when it was my turn, I was as happy & bubbly as I could be!! During the show I was the very last contestant to get called down. You have to bid on some item, & being the last one down, I was the 1st to bid. I don't remember what it was, but I bid $350. The guy next to me was the last to bid, & he bid $351 -- $1 more than me!! -- & he won & got onstage. We got cool consolation prizes, though. Since it was my dad's birthday, I gave all the consolation prizes (except some make up) to him. It was fun!!

@@GaryWaterman-z5k Trolley cars & cable cars are 2 different things, so you want to be sure you use the right terminology, in case you need to ask questions. You'll want to take a cab to Market & Powell streets - that's where you'll catch the Hyde cable car to Lombard. The trolley cars also stop at Market & Powell - they run along Market Street & don't go to Lombard at all. Trolley cars are old-fashioned cars, but they have a cable on top that connects to wires that run above the cars. Cable cars don't look like they're connected to anything. The cable car line starts at Powell Street - that's where the large wooden tuntable is that turns the cable cars around to head back up the hill. The reason you don't want to start at Union Square, is because the cable cars are often full by the time the cable car gets there, & they'll just pass you by. It's off-season, so you might not have that problem, but since you're on a tight schedule, why risk it? Also, you can get a ticket on your phone - download the Muni App, & you'll be able to get your ticket. There is a booth at Market & Powell, if you want to buy a physical ticket, too. And you can buy a ticket on the cable car. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions! Have fun!!

Thank you so much!! Most of the time, I do try to study a place ahead of time, with a general idea of how to approach it. With the Autry, I went & enjoyed it, & learned about it first. Then came back home to work on the story I wanted to tell, and then went back to the Autry to film it. Sometimes, like with the Amerigo Vespucci, I only get one chance to visit, so even if I don't know much about it, I'll film as much as I can, then go back over the footage at home to research the details, & do an overdub.

Thank you!! So glad to hear!

Thank you sooo much!!! Your words made my day!

Awwww, thank you!