Life of Wry

Man, was I looking forward to a great chill day in the South Bay. And if I didn’t need to venture any further than Palos Verdes: hog heaven.

Whatta shot. Wish the resolution was better, but you get the idea.

Janet and I started the day with an Esplanade walk, and coffee at a different cafe, the Hi-Fi on Catalina. Lovely. Then ambled around the village and wandered into a boutique called Fringes, where it turns out the proprietor knows Chris (that was a fun discovery), and I chatted up an artist whose bracelet I decided I should have (one of many that were on display).

We then headed to the Plaza to meet Dave and Alicia for lunch followed by a tour of their massive home renovation project (they acquired Dave’s parents’ old house on La Selva).

The pic doesn’t do justice to what was a pretty eye-popping home.

I took Janet on a tour of PV, trying to locate some of the monster houses at the top of the hill. We returned to our respective cottages for a bit before heading out on another walk, this one down to the pier. After that we sat on one of mom’s benches — I’ll just call all the benches along the Esplanade Mom’s Benches because she sat in them all, even as she preferred the one closest to Ave I — and watch the sun setting…

We ended up at a new restaurant (this was their fifth night of operation) called Il Posto, next to Turquoise. We had a glass of wine while waiting for Chris to show up:

Dinner was great. Will def go back.