Manhattan Beach

In Los Angeles I was in contact with Jake from family camp who kindly offered to let me stay at his house for a couple of days. He picked me up from the airport and he showed me some of LA before going to his house. After settling down from my journey Jake and his girlfriend showed me Manhattan Beach and then took me out for dinner at this really …

Landed in LA around 9:30pm (3 hours time difference) and we arrived at our amazing hostel. It was quality! So much free stuff- ridiculous! Free muffins, champagne, popcorn, cookies- wow! The nicest layout too, with a pool in the middle between the rooms, and the electronic games, tables and chairs. One of the best places we stayed, for sure! We met …

The kids did great on the first leg of our journey from Austin to LA. We spent the next day at Manhattan Beach killing time before our evening flight out of LA. We went to the beach, had a picnic in the park, and swam at the hotel pool. The Hilton was gracious enough to give us a late check out time of 6pm which worked out well b/c our flight was …

Dzisiaj wstaliśmy stosunkowo późno, ale zdążyliśmy na śniadanie, które w naszym hotelu serwowane jest do godziny 9:30. Po śniadaniu trochę się zastanawialiśmy, co zrobić z dopiero co zaczętym dniem. Niebo było zachmurzone, a Agatka usilnie proponowała by wypożyczyć …

Following some recommendations, I visited the Manhattan Village Mall at Manhattan Beach. Took the bus. Underwhelmed. Nothing much to see. Didn't get to the beach either, can't see it from the mall at all.

I did enjoy my Coffee Bean tuna sandwich and cafe latte. The "small" size is the equivalent of a medium or regular coffee in Melbourne, …

... today I would take advantage of the endless sunshine that California seems to have on offer and I made my way to the beach. Manhattan beach is just one of the beaches that follows the coast line and this beach proved to be one of the beast places I ...

... to Ricky recommended a Philly cheese steak lunch to reestablish our manhood, which we ate in silence obviously scarred from the beach volleyball disaster. After lunch, with our manhood once again on solid footing, we searched for the spot serving the ...

Really our Blog ended as we handed the bikes back In LA. We had a fabulous 3 day cruise to Encinada aboard the Carnival Paradise. We were joined by my Canadian cousin and husband and I actually got to celebrate my 50th the 1st night aboard the ship to ...

Jeff Now we are all back safely home I thought I would write a little summary of the trip for any one else attempting something similar.  Things we did right Strangely for me we did a fair amount of planning and that seemed worthwhile. We had all ...

We hope you'll enjoy the photos taken at the 20th Annual LA Pen Show!   If the crowds on Sunday, the main day of this pen show are any indication, the health of the pen collecting hobby is doing just fine! We'll be leaving LA on Monday and ...

Hey all, So This will be my blog for my South American adventure. I've named it "Hide to Seek" because my plan is to bury myself in a totally different culture and environment to really learn about life, people, and the world. A la Stephen's ...

We have just arrived in the US - and made it to the Hotel its 11pm US time, so we have been up a few hours (26), we have our Hire Car - a Mazda 6, we have checked in and all is good in the world.  Bit too tired to write much, but will report back ...

It's Day One of the LA Pen Show!   Most of the day was spent setting up our exhibit.  Photos abov are a little sneak preview of what you'll see at Pendemonium when you come to the show on Saturday and Sunday. Sam ...

... and the mountains, hints of snow everywhere.   Definitely a little twist on the usual scenery. We are now settled in Manhattan Beach and will be at the Los Angeles Pen Show all weekend.  We'll try to get some photos posted of the ...

... LA on Monday Sept 1st. Staying with Joan , Graham, Imogen (Guy's Goddaughter) & her brother Finlay in their lovely house in Manhattan Beach, LA. Sunshine & blue skies, on the beach, cycled along the coast on a tandem for 13 miles to Venice Beach past ...