On our last day in LA for now Hea Sun took us to THE as-seen-on-tv Laguna Beach! Before that though we had a superb breakfast spread at Hea Sun's: Fresh tropical fruit salad and bagels - raisin and cinnamon, everything and jalapeno varieties!
The day started out pretty bleak but the sun soon came out in full force and we took advantage, sun bathing on the beach and going for a dip/playing in the waves. Strolled around a little bit of the town which was very cute and beachy in an upmarket kind of way. It was also very artsy with lots of little galleries and art on the street banners instead of the usual advertising which was a welcome relief.
Stopped for a scrumptious late lunch at 230 forest avenue then headed back on the 405 past the multitudes of homogeneous spanish style villas covering the hillsides and over to beverly hills again. This time we walked around instead of just driving past. Mostly walked around Rodeo Drive where all the very upmarket shops are. Touched a $7000 Michael Kors creation (that's around $10,000 NZD). Peered through the window of Jimmy Choo as we got there after they'd closed.
Then we took a drive through the leafy residential areas of Beverly Hills and Bel Air. Wow. And that's only the places you can see; drove past lots of sprawling properties with large hedges so you can't see the house/mansion from the road. Still didn't see any celebrities and didn't really know where to look for them (we weren't quite lame/desperate enough to purchase a Map of the Stars brochure :p)
And that was pretty much it for LA. A city where great opulence and beauty sits seemingly all too easily alongside shabby storefronts and the many homeless queueing for thin looking soup.
Caught the "red-eye" departing at 11:59pm to Chicago and then (delayed) on to Dayton, Ohio where Kuem met us and I am currently at number 2452 North Knoll Drive, Beavercreek, Ohio. How about that.
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