Day 7

This morning we woke up with with the promise of 27 degree sunshine. We packed up the car and headed back to the Redondo Beach Lagoon Pool for what we hoped would be a full day of sunbathing and fun in the water. Dressed in nothing but our swimwear Misa and I assumed the optimum tanning position  and lay back and relaxed. The children, surrounded by kids their own age, shallow warm water and enough sand to fill a stadium played gleefully unaware of the approaching sea mist that would soon roll in to dampen our spirits.

After speaking to several people I discovered that this cloud cover is not uncommon at the beaches, with temperatures up to 10 degrees cooler than only a few miles further inland. Despite our goosebumps we managed to sit out until just after 2pm when coincidently the battery died on my phone  meaning a return home was now essential. (sad but true)

We returned home to find the lovely Carmen cleaning our home and tried to stay out of her way while we waited for Jessica, a friend of mine and more so Katy's to arrive from Hollywood later that afternoon. It had been decided that Jessica and I would travel to Palm Springs on Thursday for 24 hours  of unabashed frivolity, we awaited her arrival with anticipation. 

It was lovely to see a familiar, adult face in our temporary home but we didn't waste anytime hanging around indoors, instead we all headed out in search of corn dogs and champagne. The kids were more than happy to return to American Junkie where we had eaten earlier in the week, we all enjoyed a great meal while Jessica and I nattered non stop, catching up on all the gossip!

Having waved the children safely home with Misa, Jess and I went off in search of the busiest hotspot we could find. We soon realised that although Hermosa is a lively place, it mostly consists of restaurants and not the bars that we are used to at home. Sharkeez, a surfers favourite was recommended as being the busiest place on a week night so we ventured in.  For me, Sharkeez epitomizes everything that is American, literally dozens of TV screens behind the bar showing every sport you can imagine, men in oversized baseball caps wearing shorts and t-shirts drinking huge jugs of beer and the Eagles playing as loud as possible. 

Aware that our big trip to Palm Springs was only a few hours away, we didn't over stay our welcome but instead took a slow wander home giggling and hiccupping as we went!