Coincidentally the magazine from the Automobile Club of Southern California, called Westways, published an article about the area "Los Rios Historic District" in their March/April 2015 issue. It is an interesting area just a block and a half from the old Mission.
They have renovated the small parking lot into a sort of plaza with landscaping and benches, so best to park in the multi-storied parking lot on the east side of the tracks and walk across. There are a number of coffee places and small restaurants if Ramos House isn't to your liking, it is the only place I have eaten there.
There is a nursery where one can browse among the plants and flowers. Something that grows wild and is currently blooming along the roads and walkways is oxalis. The bottom picture is of my back slope covered in blossoms. The park is in the upper left corner.
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Dear Del,
Growing up in Orange County, yellow oxalis or "sour grass" as we called it was a true sign of Spring, and a tasty, if puckery, treat to eat out in neighborhood backyards (without dogs). The thick ends of the flower stems are the juiciest. Alas, it doesn't grow here in Colorado, where I live now.
Linda
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