Orange County

[Caliga]

I'm hoping this thread is not so far in the future as to offend any of you.

Anyway, I'll be in Orange County for a business conference the second week of October.  Because the conference is right across the street from Disneyland, Princesca is tagging along and we'll do 1-2 days there before the conference starts.  I'll also have approximately a day's worth of additional free time to burn.  Suggestions for stuff to do around there?  I had looked into going to San Diego (and we will be renting a car), but not sure if I'll have time to do anything substantial... I know the drive is not technically long, but the traffic around there...

Is San Juan Capistrano neat enough to warrant a trip?

[lustindarkness]

Orange County? Go see the OCC bikes, or get some Florida orange juice, or Disneyland.

[derspiess]

Is this October 2014 or 2015?? 

[Syt]

Orange County? Go see the OCC bikes

Aren't they in NY state?

[lustindarkness]

Orange County? Go see the OCC bikes

Aren't they in NY state?

Yes

The Orange counties I know are CA, FL, NY, but I'm sure there is a few more Orange County.

[Syt]

Sorry, I see you wrote Disneyland, Florida OJ and OCC ... flew a few feet above my head, that one.

[mongers]

Is the name anything to do with the painted hue of some of the inhabitants?

[garbon]

Not exactly related, but kind of cool that the town* of Valencia (aka Magic Mountain) in California was named after the success of growing the Valencia orange there.


*or as wiki says - "planned community", it was always confusing to me as a child that I lived in Saugus but also Santa Clarita.

[lustindarkness]

I like how city and county names are reused and repeated all over the place.

[merithyn]

I like how city and county names are reused and repeated all over the place.

Max likes to complain about how unimaginative the US is in that.

[lustindarkness]

Some examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_U.S._place_names

[Ideologue]

I love that movie.  Whatever happened to Colin Hanks?

Anyway, sorry, Cal, I won't be in California anytime soon.

[Admiral Yi]

You guys. 

The one in California is the only one that got its own TV show.

[Grinning_Colossus]

Orange County delenda est. Capistrano might be worth it if you're interested in Spanish colonial history.  If you want more theme parks, Knott's Berry Farm does great things in the run up to Halloween. Los Angeles will be a bit over an hour away in traffic but there are actually some decent museums there -- there's the Getty and then the LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Page Museum (art, art, and tar pits respectively) are right next to each other.

[MadImmortalMan]

    The Bruery - 715 Dunn Way, Placentia
    Valiant Brewing Co. - 2294 N Batavia St Ste C, Orange
    Pizza Port San Clemente - 301 N El Camino Real, San Clemente
    Cismontane Brewing Company - 29851 Aventura Ste D, Rancho Santa Margarita
    Taps Fish House & Brewery - 101 East Imperial Highway, Brea
    Bootlegger's Brewery - 130 S Highland Ave, Fullerton
    Noble Ale Works - 1621 S. Sinclair St. Suite B, Anaheim
    Deans Brothers Brewing Company - 1004 S Hathaway St, Santa Ana
    Tustin Brewing Company - 13011 Newport Avenue #100, Tustin
    Karl Strauss Brewing Company - 901A South Coast Dr, Costa Mesa
    Newport Beach Brewing Company - 2920 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach
    Left Coast Brewing Company - 1245 Puerta Del Sol, San Clemente
    BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - 24032 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills
    Old Orange Brewing Co. - 1444 N. Batavia Street, Orange
    BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - 600 Brea Mall Drive, Brea
    Ocean Avenue Brewery - 237 Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach
    Anaheim Brewery - 336 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim
    Alcatraz Brewing Co. - 20 City Blvd. W Suite R-1, Orange
    Ouroboros Ales - 2000 Main St, Irvine
    Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co. - 2300 N. Tustin Ave. (Mall Of Orange), Orange
    Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co. - 12362 West Chapman Avenue, Garden Grove
    Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co. - 1245 Puerta Del Sol, San Clemente
    Steelhead Brewing Co. - 4175 Campus Drive, Irvine
    Back Street Brewery - 14450 Culver Drive, Irvine
    Bayhawk Ales - 2000 Main Street, Suite A, Irvine