What we'll miss about CA, an incomplete list

I'm all consumed with the move. Two nights ago the things that I would miss about here were swirling around my head so quickly that I couldn't sleep for hours (and usually, I'm asleep within 30 seconds of my head hitting the pillow). So last night after dinner, Nathan and I made a list of the things we'll miss about being here. For a list of 56 things, it sure didn't take long. Ideally, I'd like to create a list one year after we move to Utah of everything we like/love about being there - one item on that list for each item on this list. But I don't know if that's likely to happen - it's taken us years to discover and fall in love with some of the things on this last, so I can't expect to love my new home (did I really just call Utah my new home?) overnight. But I'll try. In no particular order (we'll add to the list when things come up): (note: this list isn't meant to be a "we're so devestated we're leaving these things behind", but a celebration of things we've been blessed to discover, live and experience while we've been here) *Panera *Trader Joes (please don't be the 101st person to tell me that Wild Oats will fill the void) *Monterey (we got engaged on the beach here, and go back several times a year) *Carmel *Cambria *San Diego *the water - bay/ocean *Golden Gate Bridge *Golden Gate Park *San Francisco *SF Zoo (the African Savannah exhibit is awesome) *the Ferry Building in SF *China Town *real Dim Sum *Sausalito *Napa Valley *our county's trail system (canals, hills and mountains - biking, hiking, etc - we're insanely close to so many trail heads) *East Bay Regional Parks (the variety, the quantity, the quality) *Mt. Diablo (especially that view from the top!) *the amount of open space we're surrounded by *Half Price Books *Berkeley *Rockridge *The walking-ness of my neighborhood (within 1.5 miles I've got 3 grocery stores, a library, 2 post offices, and many, many other shops and parks) *spring green hills (that are still green in May! It's like they did it just for us.) *perfect weather 10+ of 12 months/year *diversity *being the minority (I'll probably have a whole other post about that in the future) *being close to family *Bishop Creek *Mammoth *Devils Postpile *The Sierra Range (happy, steve?) *trains (added, of course, by Nathan) *the variety of geographical and topographical features so close *my children won't be another generation of Califonians *Farmers Markets (especially the one on Thursday nights May-Oct where there's live music and families bringing picnics and eating ethnic food and buying fresh flowers and strawberries - the one where I learned how to breastfeed in public and Jacob learned to stand) *Fleet Week/Blue Angels *Major League Baseball *BART *Baja Fresh *In-n-Out *the variety of museums *variety and amount of cultural stuff (like Chinese New Year Festival) *San Diego! *SD Zoo *Walnut Creek *Broadway Plaza *Santa Monica (the pier, 3rd Street) *Santa Barbara *Highway 1 *the day and weekend trips we have taken, and even more - the ones we had planned on taking but probably won't get the chance *our county library system