Sunday, October 08, 2006

California -- Day 2

We started the day off with exercise at Sand Dune Park, a favorite spot for many professional athletes due to it's 100 ft. high sand dune.


Next was the Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair for food, games, music and checking out local artists. It was packed and a lot of fun. After a nice walk home:


and a rest:


(don't ask about the Easter bucket ... I have no logical explanation why he has it or why he sleeps with it)

It was time for dinner at Catalini's Salerno Beach Restaurant in Playa del Rey, a favorite of Michelle's uncle Marty. I had the Gnocci Salerno which was fantastic and absolutely loaded with carbs that I'm going to be working off for the next month. That's OK ... it was worth it.


We're heading back home tomorrow morning (Monday) but not until we catch breakfast and go check out the pier and the ocean.

2 comments:

Shawn said...

Oh man...am I jealous.

I really, really miss the beach. The beach definitely tips the love/hate SoCal scales to the love side.

Have a safe trip back.

dbackdad said...

Yeah, Manhattan Beach is a nice counterpoint to the general ickiness of LA and the rest of it.