Hey, Nini,

I lived on Palm Drive, just south of Wilshire and grew up at Pico/Robertson on Bedford Street.

We had our West Coast Version of those games. Pickle was big on our block. Actually, my kids from the neighborhood are still my friends - we gather for dinner and to tell stories all the time of growing up in our 'hood.

We had Pico Poultry - they slaugtered the chicken in the back. We still have a kosher butcher on Ventura that for the Holidays has live chickens. I still get the feet for soup at the store. What I miss are the eggs you can't get any more to put in the soup.