I don't live anywhere cool like you all, but here's a little about my city. Modesto used to be a little farming community, we were known as a bunch of hicks. hehe. But then, housing prices skyrocketed in the bay area (San Fransisco, Oakland, etc...), so everyone started moving here. We have alot of commuters here and this city now has almost 200,000 people here. One of my most favorite things about this city is that it is centrally located to all kinds of cool places. I'm an hour from San Fransisco, two from Santa Cruz, three from Lake Tahoe, an hour from the snow, and hour from Sacramento, a few hours from Yosemite National park, etc... It is hot and dry here in the summer and the winters are fairly mild. We do not get snow here. Here are a few pictures:

This is the Mchenry Mansion. It still stands in Modesto and it is even more beautiful then before. Of course, now it is in the middle of town. This is where I got married. It was only $500 to rent the entire place for the day!



George Lucas is from Modesto. The movie American Graffiti was filmed here. We have Graffiti Night every year and thousands of old classic cars cruise. These pictures are the set of a movie American Grace that was filmed here this August. This is our downtown.









Just a cute Modestan at the shelter. hehe..