Oh, wait, the subject was Ponies. Well, I do remember the choo-choo train at Griffith Park and the Pony Rides. Nik doesn't, but as a divorced Mom, I put her on one of the ponies when she was three :-)

"After 13 years on SF, when I visit LA, I find myself walking vast expanses of empty sidewalks, because I now think, "It's only 8 blocks away, I'll just walk." In SF, it's easier to walk the 8 short blocks than to try to park again"

In SF you find yourself walking everywhere, because taking a bus a mile seems excessive and you know there's not going to be parking. You can walk from the bay to the ocean in about an hour, if you pick the right route. It's an amazing city.

"The Grove is awful. Disneyland with an Abercrombie and Fitch."

Now if it were really Disneyland there might be a reason to go there. I looked in the Grove once. It's the same "supermall" developers have been plopping down all over the country at a frantic pace since about 1995. Exact same stores as anywhere else, too. Just horrible, and ate a chunk out of Farmer's Market for no good reason at all.