There is so much to see and do in Los Angeles that it almost sounds ridiculous to even think of only spending one day there. Sometimes though, that’s just how it has to happen. When Claire started planning to visit for only three days, I knew that one of those days needed to be spent…
Claire + SoCal in Three Days
My friend Claire arrived really late on Thursday night, rushing into town for a long weekend visit to California before we move away in two weeks. Her long day of travel was complete only after we lost couldn’t find each other in LAX (with a dead cell phone, no less) followed by a long 2am trip…
Spending an Afternoon in Santa Monica
Dan and I were on a mission this weekend: visit Santa Monica before the high tourism season starts. Mission accomplished! Because Memorial Day is just next weekend, we figured we should hurry and make it happen before visiting would be a nightmare. Last summer’s attempt to show our friend Caleb some of Orange County’s beaches…
Roadside Coffee & Santa Monica Views
One of the best parts about driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and the Pacific Palisades is how easy it is to pull over and enjoy the beach. While most of the beach cities around only have paid lots or garages, maybe on-street metered parking at best, the stretches of highway through this…
A Day in LA (Traffic)
On Saturday morning I harassed Daniel until he got out of bed and agreed to go to Los Angeles. I had been once before when I was about 18 but he had never been. We hopped on the 5 and excitedly began the 34 mile trek to Hollywood… and it took 90 minutes. We laughed…