Flew into LAX and drove to Oakland. Preview to New Years shows at Kaiser. Remember coed bathrooms, I was excited, but my typical East Coast mother was not. Week off between these shows and Kaiser. Traveled from Oakland down to Mexican border. Too paranoid to even walk across the border, with reason. Stayed in some hotel in San Diego, saw a cockroach (unless you are totally filthy you didn't see them where I was coming from at that time). Also, water felt greasy, and I swear they made porno in my room, red velvet wallpaper, yikes! But did do the tourist thing, went to SD zoo, had a great time. Jade beach, wanted to live there in a tent. Two small shopping bags of pebbles as souveniers, didn't know they would save our asses when we left for East Coast a week later! Spent Christmas in San Francisco, hotel proprietor gave us a bottle of sparkling apple juice. I made a tree out of the foil from top of bottle. Ate Chinese for dinner, only place that was open. Speaking of Chinese food - don't ever put eggrolls from a buffett in your purse! The gods will get you when you eat them later! After that on to Kaiser for New Year show!