Harriette, once again, I can't figure out how you and I have such different takes on the state of California! I absolutely love the cultural diversity of my state. I love that I can find restaurants serving dishes from every corner of the globe, that conversations can be heard in any combination of languages, that there is a colorful variety of ethnic clothing styles, that there are routinly celebrations of holidays not a part of America's culture. I have yet to be part of a "boring" crowd in the US, except maybe once in Nebraska...

I can never remember which is better . . . safe? . . . or sorry?