Sally

Hello and welcome! I am in Calabasas so feel free to contact me. I took my test in Thousand Oaks with no probs - and I was panic-stricken a the thought of it but it was fine.

hatfield1

Is that like bluehairland

Kaffy Mintcake

Hi there - Lebanon isn't too far away from us. It's a beautiful town. We went there when our family was in town a few weeks ago and ate at the Golden Lamb. Have you been there?

We live in Blue Ash - near the Kenwood shopping center (don't know if you know where that is or not - but that's the landmark I usually give people)

Lycanthrop

Welcome to BE and good luck.........
Do you have your "val" inflexions perfected?
Required orientation for "life in Cali 101" is watching: LA Story, Colors, California Suite, Crash (not the Canadian version) and Predator 2 (optional credit)

Dont worry about the driving test - I failed mine 4 times in the UK.........passes 1st time in Cali. Even took a corner at 25mph........

hatfield1

“The Golden Lamb” hummmmm….I just don’t know. Not that I remember. My parent moved there and I am not totally familiar with the surroundings. Guess I’ll do a goggle.

TouristTrap

Yeah. There are grocery stores around where the average age must be well into the 70's. I feel like a baby when I go in there

hatfield1

Your not a day over 29 to me.

TouristTrap

Kaffy Mintcake

I think it's the oldest hotel which has been continually running in the U.S. (or something like that) Their lamb (if you like lamb) is served with a mint chutney and is quite good. Actually - the food in general was pretty good, more like home cooking. It's a landmark in Lebanon - check it out the next time you're there, but don't be surprised if you're by far the youngest there. I'm sure it would come up in a Google search.

hatfield1

I like lamb & I like chutney (I like anything that used to breath with chutney). I’ll have to go next time I visit. So you go to Jungle Jims I guess. That place ROCKS!!! I can’t get out of there with out spending $$$$$$$$$$$ and that’s just on booze. (OHHH and the cheese)

snowbunny

I've eaten at The Golden Lamb....quite an old fashioned and historical (as we Yanks go, established 1803) place. I'm glad we made the drive, though, from Cincinnati.

http://www.goldenlamb.com/

I think I even still have a matchbook from the place.

Ariel the Mermaid

Lol you guys are too funny!
Thanks very much for the feedback, I guess i'm not too concerned about the actual driving..it's the theory but as they only have about 3 different road signs it's should be easy, compared to the 3 billion different one's we have in the UK. I just need to swot up on the alkihole limits as they're pretty hot on you knowing that.
Jughandles sound horrible.... we don't have them on the West Coast (I've certainly never seen them) and thanks for the link.

Sally, you are practically down the street..it's not you that drives the car with the West Ham Utd plate is it?? :-)

To the person who asked the RD Q (sorry... little brain too much info)- i'll ask my BiL and see if he can get updates as he hangs out with the bloke that wrote it......

Kaffy Mintcake

Okay - now I'm questioning myself and wondering if it wasn't more of a mint jelly - don't hold it against me if you go and my memory was wrong - it's still good! Jungle Jim's is crazy isn't it? Kind of like a theme park and grocery store all in one. I don't when when the last time you went was, but they're making it even bigger and even crazier! I can see how you'd spend a lot in wine - they have one of the best collections in this area I believe.

http://www.junglejims.com/

I always wonder how they can afford to store so many different kinds of foods - I don't even recognize most of the vegatables in the Asian section!

Unfortunately we don't get there as often as I'd like - it doesn't seem like it would be that far, but it's so far north that it takes us close to 40 minutes to get there. That's too far for routine shopping. It is fun though - and whenever I feel as though there isn't much diversity in Cincinnati - all you have to do is go to Jungle Jim's!

Kaffy Mintcake

That's neat! I just went for the first time about a month ago but was thinking Lebanon might be a fun place to go for a weekend - you could look at the antiques and old homes during the day, and eat and stay at the Golden Lamb at night. They also had a German restaurant which looked quite good (or maybe I was just hungry).

hatfield1

"Oh, spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska!" That would be great