Comments on: Back to Covina and West Covina, After All http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/10/30/back-to-covina-and-west-covina-after-all/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve Gorelick http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/10/30/back-to-covina-and-west-covina-after-all/#comment-3133 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:53:32 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-3133 It has been interesting growing up and getting older. Because, for a place that I couldn’t wait to escape, I think about it a lot and remember how much I learned and experienced there; and how many people I remember with great warmth and affection.

Yes, there were snooty and bigoted people who I don’t miss, but at this stage I find myself unwilling to throw out the baby with the bathwater. I became very much of who I am in West Covina and Covina, and –year by year — I find it harder to see the pettiness, the trivialities, the boredom and easier to remember the teachers and the librarians and storekeepers who made such a positive difference.

Truth be told, I miss it a lot of the time.

]]> By: Jennifer D http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/10/30/back-to-covina-and-west-covina-after-all/#comment-3132 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:44:41 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-3132 Funny, I too “escaped” to San Diego, Bill. But I have to admit, I still enjoy heading back from time to time for some good Mexican food or Pastrami. :)

]]> By: Bill H http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/10/30/back-to-covina-and-west-covina-after-all/#comment-2990 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:45:02 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-2990 Steve,

I think I was your next door neighbor in WC. Hartley Street? We moved in ’59 but still get up for visits. Big changes and nothing changes. Glad to be in San Diego.

Take care,

Bill

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