After a slumber party send-off, Dawn spends spring break in Orange County with her father and brother and tries on a more laid-back lifestyle among many other blondes making similar snack (but questionable beach) choices. Dawn considers what her quotidian routine would be like if she decides to stay, and whether the abundant sunshine and other items on the California pros list win out over the few on the Stoneybrook one. 

Slide into the booth beside us at Cabbages and Kings as we hash over pizza fouls, flight attendant fails, and preferred alternatives to LAX in our reivew of Dawn on the Coast.

As mentioned on this episode:

Sardi’s portraits artists: Alex Gard, John Mackey, Donald Bevan, and Richard Baratz

A glimpse of the TV-on-a-cart scene from Back to the Future (1985)

List of BSC books written by Ann M. Martin and other authors

A brief fan history of Bear Country at Disneyland, and changes to that area of the park since 1989