Our L.A. Workcation, Part 1

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​Our LA Workcation, Part 1

​...Continued from yesterday:     
     From November 15 to December 5 Tom and I were on a visit to Los Angeles.

      Ours was a workcation: a mix of work and pleasure, though in truth the work was also the pleasure.
       We found that our week days fell into a routine. Each day around mid-morning we'd drive two miles to downtown Manhattan Beach,

...to Current Events,

...where we picked up the day's issue of The New York Times.
       Next we'd run any errands our host family might need us to run, and we'd regularly make a stop at Ralph's,

​ ...my favorite of supermarkets, thanks to all the palm trees in the parking lot.

     A couple of times we we went out for breakfast, once to Scotty's, a quiet little place we discovered on Hermosa Beach, the next beach over from Manhattan beach, 

...with a pretty beach view,

...and great food.

      Then on our last morning in Los Angeles we decided to have breakfast at the Local Yolk, another little Manhattan Beach breakfast eatery that we like.

      One morning after retrieving our newspaper I suggested that before hurrying off to Ralph's for the day's grocery shopping we walk to the nearby Manhattan Beach Pier and take in the seaside panorama.

       Every afternoon I made sure there was home made pizza for the family.

      Evenings and weekends we helped  the family around the house with the cooking,          

...cleaning,

...and doing whatever might need to be done to help out.

     And so the days were a mix of work and play for us all.
      To be continued...