If I had to explain to someone why I love coming to LA, it would be for the Beach and Cinema.
And that's what I do when all my other plans get cancelled because of the way I felt yesterday. Exhausted and waking up after 12 hours of sleep with a horrible headache, I decide to walk over to the beach and just rest there.
Of course, its Santa Monica so it cant be just the beach, on the way we managed to walk through a great farmers market and got some unpasteurized jus' d orange and met some mexican guys on the beach selling mangoes with Cayenne pepper and lime juice.. that and the beach were perfect relaxation for my body.
Unscripted question: Did you know that Santa Monica now has a whole program for Smart Cans and the ferris wheel is solar powered?
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"Wrapped with artwork encouraging beachgoers to put their "toes in the sand, trash in the can," the cans' artwork incorporate a QR, or quick response, code that links smartphones with a new Santa Monica Beachcast app. The mobile website provides real-time weather and water quality information, as well as beach cleanup tips. The Beachcast app also lets users upload beach photos to an online gallery in the hopes the images will inspire beachgoers to take better care of the environment."
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"The new $1.5 million solar powered Ferris wheel, which replaces the Pacific Wheel Ferris wheel auctioned off on eBay for $132,400 in April, stands over Pacific Park amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier on its opening night on May 28, 2008 in Santa Monica, California. The old 90-foot tall Pacific Wheel Ferris wheel appeared in 105 photo shoots, 71 television commercials, 69 television shows, 28 films and 13 music videos and carried more than 3 million riders130 feet above the ocean on its 20 gondolas over the past 12 years. Like its predecessor, the world's first solar-powered, it will be powered by the sun but the new wheel, with its160,000 lights, will be 75 percent more energy efficient.
"Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendiesfollows the journey of two siblings as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life."
And that's what I do when all my other plans get cancelled because of the way I felt yesterday. Exhausted and waking up after 12 hours of sleep with a horrible headache, I decide to walk over to the beach and just rest there.
Of course, its Santa Monica so it cant be just the beach, on the way we managed to walk through a great farmers market and got some unpasteurized jus' d orange and met some mexican guys on the beach selling mangoes with Cayenne pepper and lime juice.. that and the beach were perfect relaxation for my body.
Unscripted question: Did you know that Santa Monica now has a whole program for Smart Cans and the ferris wheel is solar powered?
Link"Wrapped with artwork encouraging beachgoers to put their "toes in the sand, trash in the can," the cans' artwork incorporate a QR, or quick response, code that links smartphones with a new Santa Monica Beachcast app. The mobile website provides real-time weather and water quality information, as well as beach cleanup tips. The Beachcast app also lets users upload beach photos to an online gallery in the hopes the images will inspire beachgoers to take better care of the environment."
Link"The new $1.5 million solar powered Ferris wheel, which replaces the Pacific Wheel Ferris wheel auctioned off on eBay for $132,400 in April, stands over Pacific Park amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier on its opening night on May 28, 2008 in Santa Monica, California. The old 90-foot tall Pacific Wheel Ferris wheel appeared in 105 photo shoots, 71 television commercials, 69 television shows, 28 films and 13 music videos and carried more than 3 million riders130 feet above the ocean on its 20 gondolas over the past 12 years. Like its predecessor, the world's first solar-powered, it will be powered by the sun but the new wheel, with its160,000 lights, will be 75 percent more energy efficient.
(May 28, 2008 - Photo by David McNew/Getty Images North America)"
Once I felt a little better, it was time to do some fun shopping in the new Nordstrom's at Santa Monica Place and then lunch at Blue Stove. Really good food, my favorite was the cilantro lime aioli, so yummy! It also felt good to get out of the sun for some time. After that I had to go back to bed for some more recovery time.
As evening arrived it was time to catch a movie that we wont find anywhere else in the country, in our old Beverly Hills neighborhood. The reliable, quaint Laemmle Music Hall theater:
A Little secret (from wiki):
During the 21st century, the Laemmle venues have come to be known as the "Secret Path to Oscar Qualifying" since they have been repeatedly used by independent films, short films, and documentaries for that purpose.[2] Laemmle provides services designed to enable a film to qualify for Academy Awards,[3] charging a flat rate for exhibition while giving the film's producers 100 percent of the box office receipts; they have someone meet every year with the Academy committees in all the categories to ensure their "qualifying run" bookings actually qualify.[2] They even help film-makers book their films outside of their own theaters if a committee requires that.[2]The movie was a shocking Canadian movie which was brilliant but left a very bitter after taste, hard core reality that I wasnt quite ready for, will definitely give me nightmares for a few months... but a lot of food for discussion and if I could see the brighter side of the story of human spirit and survival... well then maybe it would have been more rewarding but I dont think I am as evolved as my fellow movie lovers who seem to have enjoyed the movie!
and what a life it was...
Finally to cheer me up, I was treated to Pizza at BJs in UCLA followed by Diddy Riese which for obvious reasons has a line outside the door for its amazing icecream cookie sandwich.
My favorite things in life, as Julie Andrews would say ... would be: Beach, Cinema and Pizza... overall a perfect day!
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