Episode two, a certain kind of education.

So we are on Main Street in Moral Bay and we're near Pete's support and

they usually have like Rosemary growing on the sidewalks in front of there

and so my mom would make me like pick off some Rosemary so she can cook with it

and I get so embarrassed because I was on the sidewalk so I'd like pretend to tie my shoe

and then take the Rosemary.

Paulina spent most of her childhood in Moral Bay, a sweet little fisherman's town on California

Central Coast about halfway between San Francisco and L.A. Moral Bay is one of those names that

people see on a freeway sign as they're driving by. The main attraction is Moral Rock, a big

beautiful volcanic peak in the middle of the water. There's a marina stacked with colorful

kayaks and lots of little tourist attractions like gift shops and seafood restaurants.

This place we used to come to all the time, the shell shop and then we'd feed the sills over here.

There are about 10,000 people who live in Moral Bay. They have farmers markets twice a week.

Around breakfast time, regulars crowd into the local coffee shop where everyone

seems to know somebody. People in Moral Bay seem to just go about their lives like they're living

in a postcard of some Americana seaside town. Paulina's family no longer lives in Moral Bay,

but she still considers it her hometown. And so on a great day in July, Paulina showed me around.

Wait, it's always foggy too. It's like you're just like driving under the cloud.

But I mean, there's so many good memories here.

Touring Moral Bay with Paulina, I was getting two different versions of who she was as a child.

On one hand, she lived this easygoing childhood in this idyllic small town,

but she was also living in her own world, one with different rules and expectations.

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