explore the city where i live

Took Julia and two of her friends to Tudor House for afternoon tea. Not cheap but worth it for the lovely time we all had. Definitely more of a girlfriend thing. I highly recommend the fish and chips (I liked the fish, kids devoured the chips) and the strawberries and clotted cream , which vanished within a minute of being put in front of each little girl.

If you have a girl in elementary school, take her and her friends out for a real-life tea party and forget about Hannah Montana.

Petting sharks was interesting. It was a pretty huge contrast between how the manta rays felt and the sharks. One is velvety and one is like sand paper. Julia and her friend Kiah wanted to spend the whole time going from one petting tank to another. They were not nearly as interested in just looking at the fishes in the larger tanks.

Rainbow Harbor was very beautiful at night. I would include a picture but Dennis dropped his camera in the shark tank.

I saw this goal on several other people’s lists and they lived in like CLEVELAND! I am sure there are awesome sights in Cleveland, just haven’t heard of any of them, except “The Heart of Rock and Roll” if you believe the song.

I live in Santa Monica, which is bordered by Malibu to the north, Los Angeles to the east and south and the Pacific Ocean to the west. There is a ton to explore. I haven’t been to the Getty in years. I am tempted to try a different restaurant on Saturday for a belated Valentine’s Day, but we already have reservations.