Santa Monica, CA

I’m just now catching up on our Where We Stayed entries, backdating them to the actual date in each location.

Our very brief, 2 1/2 day stay in Santa Monica, CA was a real welcome respite from our travels. The most fun part, at least for we adults, was catching up with Kelli’s dear friend George who we used to visit each year in Washington DC. Since he moved back to CA a few years ago we hadn’t seen him and it was a real treat to come and see his life in Santa Monica. As usual, he was gracious, helpful and engaging. Ainsley played the piano a bit, we took copious notes from his world travels over the years, and just enjoyed catching up a bit.

As you will see from the pictures we also took one day to go to nearby Universal Studios. This was in between our many visits to different stores to stock up on some uniquely US supplies. And as some people noticed in recent pictures, we had a family trip to Supercuts. Jack gave up the growing his hair long goal and returned to his familiar and ultra comfortable buzz cut. Haircuts for all!

Oh, and where else could we stay and have a Mitzvah Mobile in the driveway! We love the picture of George acting like one of the people on the side of it!