I slept until 715, enjoyed some breakfast at the apartment, and then we
all got decked out for the beach. We left around 900 and headed for the
Pacific Coast Highway. Oh. My. Goodness. It was so beautiful.
We proceeded to spend all day at the beach at the Santa Monica peer. We played in the water:
Ate our picnic lunch:
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| Ham, cheese, and lettuce on a croissant, an apple, and some lovely Special K chips, cheese flavored! Thanks Anne! |
And played some more. I think we spent an hour and a half in the water
after lunch just riding the waves, getting salt water in our mouths and
eyes, and generally acting like little kids in the water. We dried out
in the sun until 300, packed up, and headed home via the PCH. So
gorgeous.
We cleaned up (and nicely, thank you very much) and headed out to the
Kodak Theater (where they hold the Academy Awards each year) to see
Cirque du Soleil.
This was Anne's gift to us - SO generous and one of my
very favorite parts of the trip! It was amazing. There was so much to
see that I know I must have missed more than half of what went on. My
favorite part was the trapeze and acrobatic acts. Amazing! Thanks, Anne!
Dinner was purchased at the Hollywood Pizzeria (delicious Hawaiian
pizza!) and eaten outside on a big deserted terrace near Grauman's
Chinese Theater (which is beautiful at night!)
We couldn't figure out
why no one else was up there - it was so nice and the weather was perf.
By now, I was starting to feel seriously uncomfortable. The backs of my
legs hurt all through the show and by the time we got back to Anne's, my
legs were bright red. I'm talking BRIGHT. It looked like I was wearing
hot red leggings that stopped at my swimsuit line. I put sunscreen on my
legs, but it was obviously not enough. Not quite the ending I had in
mind for my day, but a reminder of our fun at the beach nonetheless. :)
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