LA, CA - Day 1

After two very uneventful plane rides and quick change of clothes in an airport bathroom, I was sitting outside in flip-flops (and a little bundled up, but whatever).

Julie and I headed up the Pacific Coast highway to Malibu (where Barbie hails from). We ate a late lunch, then checked out some Malibu homes from the beach. We also stopped for a cocktail at a sushi restaurant where celebs have been spotted, but we didn't see anyone famous - totally OK. We also got a beer with a former DC-collegue of Julie's at a new brewery near train tracks. When the train honks and goes by everyone clinks glasses, that's a thing!

Today we are off to the Rose Bowl Flea Market.

It's definitely not warm-warm, but I can still get away with flip-flops. More importantly I'm having some wonderful far-away-from-everything time before 2012 gets busy.