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I miss living somewhere with seasons. It was 87° F here in Santa Monica today and while I’m sure those dreading having to bundle up in eight layers of clothing just to dig out the snow-covered car would quickly bitch-slap me for complaining about “unseasonably warm weather” I can’t help but miss crisp Falls and cold Winters. It just seems wrong to have to open the windows and crank up the fans in early January.

My lil’ sister stayed with me for a week following Christmas — her first trip to Santa Monica — and on top of doing the normal touristy things such as cruising Hollywood and Beverly Hills we opted to walk Santa Monica. I don’t think either one of us expected to walk as far as we did:

1. left my place (roughly Colorado and Stewart)
2. quick stop at Yahoo! for the grand tour
3. continued down Colorado to the 3rd St Promenade
4. up 3rd to Wilshire
5. Wilshire to the beach
6. walked along the beach through Venice just past Muscle Beach
7. stopped for a quick bite in Venice
8. back up Main St to Colorado for the return home

Grand Total: 12.12 miles (according to a rough trace of our steps in Google Earth). Not bad.

Other highlights from the visit include a trip to Didi Reese, a walk of the UCLA campus, and a drive out to the Hollywood sign (as close as we could get anyway).