This weekend we drove from the foothills to the ocean - Pasadena to Long Beach - by surface streets. Occasionally, when I can't take the traffic anymore, I bail on my work commute and end up on the streets of Downey, South Gate, Huntington Park, Compton and Highland Park to name just a few of the communities along the 710 and 5 fwys. The problem on those days is that I'm beat to the core and just want to get home, but I do pay attention and mark locations I want to return to, sometimes to sample the food, sometimes because of the signage...