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What Places do You Miss in Pacifica?

I grew up in Pacifica - I  spent all of my childhood there. The things I missed most after moving away were the cool ocean breezes, and some of the places I used to haunt. Like the Sea Vue Theater. Many of the places I miss no longer exist - incl

11 Comments Recommend Deb Wong

Charles May 20, 2013 at 05:59 pm
I miss the Gun Range in Sharp Park, learned to shoot when I was around 8yrs old with my father. NowRead More those were the "Good Old Days"!
Kirkham May 19, 2013 at 06:55 pm
I miss D&D Cycles in Pedro Point and Rays Firehouse Pizza..growing up on Rio Vista and fishingRead More Phillips Dam behind White Field..Rope swings on the old coast highway above Higgins and A&W on the beach..
nancyboo May 19, 2013 at 06:14 pm
Thanks for the memories! In Vallemar, I remember the noon siren from the volunteer firehouse, theRead More rodeo at the quarry, the horses at the quarry, learning to drive on the quarry road, the dog groomer by the golf course with the X-mass lights, the amused carrot, Grants, glen 5 & 10, Ben franklin's, Adams paints with Daisy the Basset hound, and I miss (just a little) the old Sharp Park Road.
Pull up a log, & sit down...
Deb Wong May 21, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Too true, Christa - Thanks for your comment!
Christa Bigue (Editor) May 21, 2013 at 11:22 am
Deb, I agree! When it's a hot on the coast, drop everything (if you can!), head to the beach andRead More soak it up while you can because it doesn't long before we're covering up in that blanket of fog again.
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Janet Arline Barker May 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
Awesome! Next Tuesday, Thursday or Friday are open. Name a time and place. I used to write 3Read More different columns for San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame Patch. I am ready to write for Pacifica Patch & blog too. Here's my personal blog...I do sporadically. Www.art-Janet.blogspot.com My art studio is at Sanchez Art Center #11
Christa Bigue (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 11:05 am
When can we meet for coffee Janet? Since you're the first one to post in our biz update section youRead More get to have coffee and chat with your local Patch editor! Email me at christa.bigue@patch.com and we'll find a date and place.
Anon. April 14, 2013 at 01:43 am
I can start with the comments on the Theravance drug, fluticasone fluroate - the active moiety inRead More this compound is the same, fluticasone (proprionate) that has been marketed by GSK for the same indication for approximately 25 years. Indeed, that patent is so old, and the drug has such a proven track record for safety and efficacy, that the patent has expired and there are generic versions available. There is also in implicit assumption by the author that the only reason that the FDA will approve medications in a short time span is because they are for 'life-or-limb' or unmet serious medical need. This is just not the case - regulators in many countries, including the FDA in the USA, may give accelerated approval to a product, where the safety and tolerability of a product is equivalent to a similar active agent which has already been approved. I suspect this is the case for fluticasone fluroate - but I am not privy to the details of the regulatory filing. I note that none of the companies mentioned here, nor the FDA, has provided input to this article. The journalism in this article smacks of someone trying to make a name for themselves quickly by scaring uneducated and/or anxious people. The science is just plain flawed.
Pacificat April 12, 2013 at 12:49 pm
Please tell us in what ways it is ill-informed
Anon. April 11, 2013 at 08:22 pm
Ill-informed, sensationalist rubbish.
Deb Wong March 26, 2013 at 06:09 pm
Thanks, Stacie!
Stacie Chan (Editor) March 26, 2013 at 02:51 pm
Absolutely stunning photos, Deb! Thanks for sharing. I really feel like I was there by just perusingRead More your photo gallery.
Donna Fentanes March 26, 2013 at 09:49 am
Thanks, Deb, for the videos. Now we all can take one last ride. :)
Jim Clifford March 25, 2013 at 01:08 pm
Each column gets better. I look for "The Shoe."
Deb Wong March 25, 2013 at 11:19 am
I think many of us can relate! 10 kids, huh? I was the oldest of 9, so sort of understand. MyRead More family grew up in Pacifica, & we rode over the slide every weekend when we went to the HMB airport to tend to my father's airplanes. I drove on it once, during driver's ed in high school, scary! I have an old home movie clip from 1966, going over the slide. Very overexposed, but you can still see parts of the slide in it. More recently, took 2 videos of our drive over the slide, North & south views. Going North: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8NKnu9Gvw Going South: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rlN_g2LeE8