Hi.  We lived in Bakersfield from about 1978 until 1992.  I worked at Tenneco West for about 10 years; I was a legal secretary.   Somewhere in the late 80s I requested a recipe for Seafood Gumbo, and the Californian published one.  It was delicious.  The only time line I can use is that it would have been somewhere within a few months after the first Costco opened there.   If anyone can help, I would appreciate it.  

Would be glad to talk to anyone about what it is like to retire in Mexico.   We love it.  Live basically on Social Security, have a double wide mobile home we have converted to a house (took off the tin sides, insulated, plastered, put on new roof, etc.) on a hill overlooking the ocean, about 20 miles south of Ensenada.  

I'll write more another day about things to do here.    Hope to hear from someone about the recipe I am searching for.