Ronin wrote:
>>
>> The final stop of the trip was in Solvang, that kitschy Dutch-American
>> community in the midst of the Santa Ynez Valley. Au Bon Climat, the
>
>
> I enjoyed your trip through the Santa Ynez Valley but I must take
> exception to your description of Solvang as a "kitschy Dutch-American
> community" My grandmother (120% Danish) is rolling in her grave! That
> is a kitschy Danish-American community. All those flags with the funny
> crosses on them are Scandanavian. That said, some of the best potato
> salad and butter cookies live there too...
>

You are 100% right. I had a brain cramp when composing that little
travelogue. Sorry, Granny! I stand by the kitschy comment, though.

Mark Lipton

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