Cali Day Two

I could most definitely get used to sleeping with the windows open and waking up to blue skies and sunshine every day. Why can't we have great weather like this in Tennessee?!? Oh well....today we drove up to Santa Monica to get some beach time in. Of course we grabbed a quick coffee at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and then walked to the beach. This picture was before we crossed over to actually get to the beach but you can see the Santa Monica Pier.
You can't really see through the smog but this is looking up the coast to the town of Malibu.

And this would actually be the fun from my towel were we spent about 2 hours in the sunshine. What a beautiful day at the beach and I finally have something that resembles a tan :)

From the beach, we drove up Wilshire to eat lunch at one of Amy's favorite places The California Chicken Cafe. I have a yummy salad with chicken and she enjoyed a wrap. I have been in CA before and everything tastes so much better....more fresh for sure. We got home around 2'ish which was the perfect time to take a nap. Nothing says vacation like being able to take time out to nap. This vacation has been so good and much needed.

Of course you don't want to sleep the vacay away, so we got up and dressed and headed to Burbank to pick up her friend Cindy for a night out in downtown LA. We went to this great place called Edison . It was such a cool place and we were able to partake in this thing they do on Friday night's called "Friday Soup Kitchen". This entitles you to $.35 cocktails and tomato soup and grilled cheese. Deliciousness!