Terry and Sooz's Travels: February 23, 2019

Another beautiful day in sunny southern California. Low 60s and sunny all day. Cool in the shade and warm in the sun with low humidity. Sam picked us up around 10am and we took off towards Santa Monica at the ocean. On the way we stopped and grabbed a bite at the Republic of Pie in North Hollywood. Nice bohemian bakery, breakfast, healthy food place with rough cut tables and plastic chairs, our kind of place.

We drove to Santa Monica on side roads and saw some beautiful mountains and very expensive looking homes perched on the sides of mountains that don't look very stable, but what do I know. We parked in a garage and walked down to the Santa Monica Pier all the way to the end where lots of fishermen were trying to catch some fish. We saw no action while we were there but lots and lots of people enjoying the nice weather. According to Sam, the last couple of weeks have been rainy, overcast and cold so everyone was cooped up and waiting to get out, and we saw them.

We decided to walk to Venice Beach a couple of miles along the strip and boardwalk. It was really fun watching vendors, musicians, con artists (magicians and card players), skaters, artists, bicyclists, skateboarders, homeless, electric boarders, walkers and dogs. I was amazed at how wide the beaches are with nice sand. But nobody was in the water, the air and the water are too cold. The mountains were just inland with impressive looking homes and condos all along the main drag.

We took an Uber back to Santa Monica and had lunch/dinner at Huckleberry Cafe. Sooz and I had seen Huckleberry's on a Netflix program called "I'll Have What Phil's Having" a food show hosted by Phil Rosenthal. It was fun seeing it in person and the food was really good, not fancy but really good solid food.

Tomorrow we are going on a tour of MGM Studios, watching Sam's softball team play a game and then going to a club where Sam is doing a standup act and also acting in an improv performance. Another full day.