"Alive In Wonderland"... The joys of themed living

Today in my column at ocregister.com, I admit to something disgraceful, something you will probably read and lose all respect for me after completing. Please read it anyway...

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Comments

[daytrippingmom]

Your blog never fails to bring a big ole smile to my face!! Awesome post.. Can I sheepishly say that I also love theme living- I find myself enjoying the Hollywood section of DCA more than actually walking the walk of fame with a horrible Lucille Ball wannabe asking if we'd like to take a picture, but I would rather be in the real Paris than eating a salad at Champagne!!

[aaron]

what you're describing here is, i think, what jean baudrillard called "hyperreality," although i'm not entirely certain, as baudrillard, like most postmodernists, made little sense. he uses las vegas as a prime example of a hyperreal environment, though, if that tells you anything.

i haven't been to lucille's (my brother says it's awful), but i *have* been to the south and i have to say, i doubt any restaurant in oc can properly reproduce the experience of eating a beef brisket in your car whilst dodging hail stones in the sweltering august heat in small-town louisiana. i mean, c'mon now. i do love me some vanilla coke, though.

[Suzanne Broughton]

Thanks DTM! Yes, Paris would be better, but at least at Champagnes you can get ice in your tea!
Aaron, It sounds like I have once again, not had an original idea. I thought as much.
Lucille's is awful. Your version of the south does sound tempting, though I think there would be a lot of bugs. I don't like bugs.

[aaron]

nooooes, that's not what i meant at all. actually, you distilled what baudrillard couldn't. he was unnecessarily wordy and pretentious. you hit his nail on the head in a very succinct manner.

and, ugh, you've no idea what the bugs down south are like. in houston, the roaches rivaled my cell phone in both girth and bulk-- and i have a chubby cell phone. still, though, the spiders there are nothing like the beats i see on my nightly bike ride here in irvine.

[Nat]

I didn't think this made you look bad in any way, a little bit of a perfectionist maybe, a little bit spoiled, but not BAD. I liked the part about not being able to eat at Rain Forest...me neither, that place is like the antithesis of the atmosphere you would want to eat. I do also enjoy a vanilla coke at Ruby's.
Nat

[Andrea Charroin]

I like to think that my backyard is the South of France. My neighbors think I am off my rocker. At least now I know I won't be alone. I will be surrounded by brilliant people, just like you!