December 11, 2004

03 Waves breaking over the north breakwater Seal Beach

My rental car was a delight, a 2005 Chevy Impala, a 4 banger but it was peppy and fun and I enjoyed driving it and put quite a few miles on it while there. How ever my hotel choices (and one not my choice at the end of the trip)were not so hot. I moved twice. Spoiled by timeshare for sure I think...

Friday morning I woke knowing that I needed to move and it was too early to go to the nursing home... It took little urging... I drove down to Seal Beach... Like a lady Sea Turtle returning to her hatching place to nest... I came there to hatch out my plans for the week, to walk on the beach and get some air. I prayed a lot. I cried some and really I have to admit it I was a bit afraid of what I would find....

I was stunned at all of the development that has taken place in the time I have been gone. Friends... If we are in a "bankrupt economy" then I don't understand the term. New buildings... New high rise condos... New cities such as Douglas Park the former site of the McDonald Douglas plant near the airport and Playa Vista Above LAX on the West side of Los Angeles, this new community seems to be the happening place for people in the entertainment world to live and work. My friend, Monica, is in line to buy a condo here in the Carabella phase. Check out the price tags... I was floored... It was very interesting to go over there and see it with her. We also had a lovely lunch at a very quaint bistro in Playa del Rey...Thanks for the outing, Mo, I needed it.

I also was floored to see the North American Aviation Plant being demoed near my childhood neighborhood and in its place is going to be a new shopping mall. When I told my Mom, she asked if a grocery store was going in there as that was always a need for the area, and yes one is...but its a piece of our family history that is gone and yes for the better of the community. I wrote about this place recently in this post