SoCal Trips

Thanksgiving 2025

Sat Nov 22

• Fly SWA OAK to LGB
• Hertz
• Dinner at Panxa Cocina (New Mexican) in Long Beach
• Westminster

Sun Nov 23

• Light breakfast at Burnt Umber
• Church
• Lunch with folks at Mitsuwa
• Post-lunch for PEG at Blue Bowl Superfoods
• Supplies at Sprouts San Clemente
• Surfside checkin, Bob nap while PEG unpacked and ate leftovers
• Relaxing jacuzzi time
• Bed early

Mon Nov 24

• SEN Vietnamese Cuisine restaurant
• Dynamax Eevee raids
• Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda
• Pick up folks at 6pm
• Downtown Disney Main Stage: ARK (Alpha Rhythm Kings), “snow”, and takeout from Din Tai Fung

Tue Nov 25

• Gusto, Long Beach, 8am – 2pm
• Aquarium of the Pacific, $45.
• South Coast Botanic Gardens
• Queen Mary Observation Bar, 4 to 8pm, Ashley Anne and The Carnations, free with RSVP

Wed Nov 26

• (Gusto, Long Beach, 8am – 2pm)
• Salvador Dali Gallery, San Juan Capistrano
• Griffith Park
• Ethiopian
• US Open dance in Burbank, 6pm to 3am, workshops 7 to 9pm, $15.

Thu Nov 27

• Thanksgiving at Norm’s at 11am
• Intro Shag workshop, US Open, 6pm, $35, Burbank
• Ashley Anne, jazz at the Huntley Hotel Penthouse, Santa Monica, 6 to 9pm
• Lindygroove, 9pm to 12am, $15, Pasadena Masonic Hall

Fri Nov 28

• Disney CA and Disneyland
• (Lola Kristine, 3pm, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa)

Sat Nov 29

• The Huntington, San Marino (near Pasadena)
• Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
• Hilbert Museum, Orange
• Cicada Restaurant and Lounge, Jennifer Keith, 8:30pm, $30
• PBDA, The Moontones, music 8 to 11pm, $25
• Vibrato Jazz, Los Angeles

Sun Nov 30

• Check out of Surfside by 10am
• Laguna Art Museum, Conrad Buff
• Sawdust Winter Fantasy, music 10am to 6:30pm
• Hollywood Christmas Parade
• Westminster

Mon Dec 1

• Return Hertz LGB
• Fly SWA LGB to OAK
• CNP pick up

• Swing Dance LA calendar (lindy focused)
• LA Xmas
• CA Xmas

Disney Anaheim

Disneyland

• Frontierland, Fantasmic! 9pm, 10:30pm.
• Parade 3pm, 5:15pm.
• Star Wars light show 8:25pm and 10:15pm, fireworks 9:30pm.
• Sleeping Beauty’s Castle 7:30pm and 8:30pm, fireworks 9:30pm.
• Fantasyland lights, 6:30pm, 9pm, 10:30pm.

Downtown Disney

• 7am to 1am.
• Main stage, 6 to 10pm, Su The MoonRay Carolers, Mo ARK, Tu Jonny Come Lately, We Coriander, Th Illunis, Fr Vocal Flash, Sa The Sleigh Belles, Su The MoonRay Carolers.
• Jazz Kitchen Music, 6 to 10pm
• Splitsville Kingpin stage, 5 to 9pm

CA Adventure

• 8am to 10pm, Park Hopper 11am to 10pm. Three stages: Hollywood Backlot, Hollywood Lounge, Paradise Garden.
• Mickey’s Happy Holidays parade, 12:45pm, 2:30pm, 4:30pm.
• Son Habana Sun Nov 30 12:35pm, 1:35pm, 2:35pm, 4:05pm, 5:05pm, 6:05pm.
• Mariachi Alegria, Mon – Fri, 5:05pm, 6:05pm, 7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:40pm.
• Mirabel’s, Mo – Fr.
• World of Color Happiness! 9pm, 10:15pm.
• Viva Navidad! street party, Sun/Sat/Sun 12:10pm, 1:10pm, 2:10pm, 3:45pm, 4:45pm, 5:45pm.
• Tree lighting, 4:50pm.
• Paradise Garden Bandstand, 1:35pm, 2:35pm, 4:05pm, Su Colombian, Mo Latin, Tu Latin fusion, We Latin trumpet, Th funky Latin, Fr Cuban, Sa Cuban, Su Cuban.
• Hollywood Backlot, 4:50pm, 5:50pm, 7:15pm, 8:15pm, Su Hawaiian, Mo Flamenco, Tu Afro Peruvian, We Indian, Th Indian, Fr Aztec, Sa Filipino, Su Indian.
• Hollywood Lounge, 4:15pm, 5:15pm, 6:15pm, 7:40pm, 8:40pm, Su Bluegrass, Mo Mostly Kosher, Tu Hawaiian, We Bluegrass, Th Baba, Fr Joy (R&B), Sa Mistletoes,