Popular Gilroy Garlic Festival hoping you won't notice lack of garlic

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

I think it can be argued that Burbank is more Hollywood than Hollywood is Hollywood-- but that's another story.

Which is exactly my point. If people can still talk about "Hollywood" even though precious little actual movie making is done there anymore, then people can still talk about "Gilroy" as the garlic capital, even though precious little garlic is grown there any more.

Burbank shares a mayor, public transportation, etc. with Hollywood and is barely separated by some hills. But there's no doubt that the industry once synonymous with Hollywood has largely shifted over those hills. It's a small geographical shift, but important. And yet, "Hollywood" remains the moniker. Same goes for Venice and Murano (although as NA illustrates, Murano apparently thinks itself separate enough from Venice to have done a good job of making its own name for itself) and it seems Gilroy/the rest of the central valley.

[Snowflake]

Way back before the 101 corridor linking San Jose to Gilroy was built, there was Blood Alley, a trecherous 2 lane nightmare in the fog, but home to tons of great farmstands, orchards and produce galore.

I love Casa de Fruita (and any farm stand I run across) there's one I like near Solvang off 101 heading South to LA. Not sure if it is still there since I've not done the drive in a while.

Locally, Sf Farmer's Market is great and while I'm at work, Sigona's in Redwood City, a veggie feast!

[Not Afraid]

The term Venetian Glass refers to the area of the Venetian Republic, not the city if Venice. Murano has been the site of Venetian glass making since the 13th century.

[blueerica]

I learn more on LoT every day than I do at school.

[Not Afraid]

Regarding "Hollywood" - the word really has 2 meanings - (1) the actual geographic area, a district of Los Angeles and (2) a general term for the film industry. It's sort of become a generic term like Kleenex or Jello.

[blueerica]

Thanks for putting the Jello song in my head.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Regarding "Hollywood" - the word really has 2 meanings - (1) the actual geographic area, a district of Los Angeles and (2) a general term for the film industry. It's sort of become a generic term like Kleenex or Jello.

Again, exactly my point. When tourists come and want to see "Hollywood", they mean both. At least, they think they mean both. And so they go see the walk of fame, Grauman's, the Hollywood sign, line up outside the Kodak theater for the red carpet, etc. They are hardly aware that Universal Studios isn't in Hollywood. And, save for the real geeks that know what they're doing, they certainly don't spend a lot of time wandering the streets of Burbank, Glendale, Sun Valley, and North Hollywood. And yet they feel like they've seen "Hollywood", both the city and the idea.

Geez, this is getting way too in depth. Point being, in reference to the thread title, it's not much of a stretch for a geographical location to continue to be associated with a particular industry long after that industry has dispersed from said geographical location.

[sleepyjeff]

I hope people don't come to Portland expecting to sample cement.....the Lorax lost here and trees rule