And it is no longer a question but now a fact
Room is fine but in a house you do hear other people around. One of those beds with 3000 soft pillows and thermonuclear doonas and no AC. May sweat out cold eh. After all the walking late yesterday woke up this morning and felt old age creeping up on me. Then realised it was just a full length mirror. Whew.
Cloudy cool start to day so headed out a bit overdressed in search of coffee and success almost immediately. Only 10 min walk and will be my go to these few days . Absolutely beautiful neighbourhood for a walk
Then it was time to head off on a Mural Hunt up Wilshire which is a long street trust me . By time got about 2/3 way up saw enough murals and time to scoot home . Of course SM uses Veo not Lime so another app and account to set up. Need it though this far from the action
Very productive morning and still only 0830 . What does a 66 yr old do now 🤔
Back in the room and start coughing and spluttering again now so time to switch to T Shirt and hope my scooter is still where I parked it on street . Yay
Certainly done a lot of scooting this holiday – some boot, some just scoot. SM is perfectly set up for it with dedicated bike lanes on all major streets. $3.50 to save on a 30 min walk is a bargain . Mind you still like to walk a bit to combat the caloric intake. But not today, it’s my birthday . Still. So first a scoot to the Pier and then saw some electric bikes which seemed to make more sense for long trek to Venice Beach . The row after row of beach volleyball courts was amazing. There were some Venice Canals close but also some far canals…
Bike was still humming along so let’s try and head out to Venice High School for some Summer Lovin. Never would have walked it trust me . It was turning into a special day
Heading back to Venice Beach and just made it when got low battery warning. Can’t just park these anywhere so had to wheel it about 500 m to next designated zone . Found a new one and scooted back to Santa Monica Pier. Time for some food and drinkies. Had found The Misfit a few years ago and seemed a great place to start with half price cocktails . Or not. The Tacos were superb.
Then the trouble started . My Honeybuns said give me a call when “between drinks “ So I did . Then I had a couple more . Moscow Mule is my new fave
The real dilemma building here is I have a free bottle of wine and two cans of beer to drink at the room. Ok it’s Chardonnay but it’s free. Going to need to settle in for the afternoon one day but maybe not today. Weather has cleared and now I need some exercise . A 100 m walk to my trusty steed should do and then it’s all bets off.
Actually decided to walk up to Montana next street over for some supplies as think lunch out and dinner in is the plan. That was some exercise at least so time to try one of these free beers. There is access to a backyard area which is perfect now on a clear warm day . The 6.9% could be a concern for us elderly. That is tomorrows problem.
Now , where is my steed? Ah just where I left it of course. Scoot down to Pier and then head into 3 rd Avenue mall for a gander. Quite crowded of course being a Saturday . Nothing appealed apart form a rooftop bar. What should I try next – ah red wine . Start at the top…….and finish there
A bit more of a wander and a walk over to the beachside . A simply glorious day and would be a glorious sunset no doubt but how many photos can you take . Maybe just one nice and early
It’s still only late afternoon but time to head home on what has been a very full day. I will crack the free Chardonnay and a few nibbles I purchased. The wine had a cork which was interesting but that Trader Joe knows his stuff 😂
And so the 36 hr birthday phase draws to an end. Will be a quiet night after a great day . Before I hooked in to more alcohol time to remove film off tattoo and start the moisturiser programme. Very happy with result to date .
Not a lot planned tomorrow except early morning coffee run. I tell ya what , I could easily head back to Misfit and some Tacos and cheap cocktails . Us Senior citizens need our routine
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