Enjoying the daily sunshine

We have been spending the last few days doing things with Mark and Carol. Yesterday we drove around downtown Los Angeles in their convertible. It was a warm, gorgeous day and felt more like a warm July day in Tacoma than a day in mid March. We had nice lunch at "Phillipe's" which has been open since the early 1900's and is the home of the original "French Dip" sandwich. Definitely, the best French Dip sandwich we have ever had. If you visit Los Angeles and want to see Olivera Steet (the oldest street in LA) and the classic architecture of the train station this restaurant is in that same neighborhood.
Today the four of us went down to Marina Del Rey and had lunch at "Shanghai Red's" eating outside by the water and watching the boats of the marina.
The four of us have also been watching "Survivor", "Amazing Race", and "Dancing With The Stars" together, loudly belittling anyone who we deem unworthy. It's a lot of fun watching together and chopping up each other's favorites.
March weather has been great and spring has sprung in LA. When we leave in four days I know we are going to miss the constant warm sunshine and t-shirt and shorts weather. This beachside RV park fills up on the weekends then empties out during the week. The last couple of weeks we have seen more kids and teenagers come down to the beach for the weekend and the park has kind of beach party feel on Friday and Saturday nights. It give the place more energetic feel which I really like. It does not get loud and rowdy however. but you can sit out in the afternoon and hear music drifting through the park. Last Sunday someone was playing Beach Boys music and the mood was complete.
We are heading down to Venice on Saturday for once last breakfast at the Sidewalk Cafe. It's hard to describe Venice Beach on the weekend. It's something you just have to expericence. I am going to buy a Venice Beach sweatshirt while we are there. Susan bought one last week and I really like the look, a red zip up hoody.