Walking, Driving, Eating And Snapping Around The Beach Towns

Books By Patti Liszkay
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​WALKING, DRIVING, EATING AND SNAPPING AROUND THE BEACH TOWNS

...Continued from yesterday:    
     Weekday mornings started with Tom and I walking our granddaughters up and down the hilly route to school. Or rather, walking with the group of neighborhood children and parents who join up along the way each morning ​to trek the hills to school together. 

​     Every day when the children returned home from school Tom and I would be called to jump into action to  help with homework and chauffeuring to sports practices and other after school activities.         But between morning school drop-off and afternoon home drop-off Tom and I had several hours to ourselves, not counting our trips to the local  Ralph's, 

...home of the world's most beautiful supermarket parking lot (or so say I), thanks to the proliferation of palm trees amidst the parking spaces,

...where we often went to pick up provisions for the evening meals I whipped up, 

...sometimes with help.

     On half a dozen occasions Tom and I went out for breakfast, one time driving to downtown Manhattan Beach,

...to a breakfast spot called The Local Yolk.

     Another morning we drove to nearby Hawthorne to one of our old favorite L.A. eateries, Mandy's.

     My favorite Mandy's dish, the Veggie Scramble.

     Once we drove to the next beach over, Hermosa Beach,

...to a place called Scotty's,

...which offers a nice view of the beach,

...and where I became hooked on the sublime French Toast.

     Tom likewise gave an excellent review of his Mexican Scramble with a heaping side of superb home fries.

    We knew we'd have to return to Scotty's for breakfast.
​   Therefore on two subsequent occasions we decided to walk the two-and-a-half miles from our daughter's house back to Hermosa Beach and Scotty's. During our walks there and back I found myself captivated by many subjects and scenes.

       This ship off in the foggy distance looked as if it were floating in the air above the rooftops.

       The Chip Path that runs through the beach towns.

      Views from the Chip Path.

       Hermosa Beach

    The Strand, the walkway that runs for 22 miles along the Southern California beaches.

       Scotty's, located on the Hermosa Beach Strand.

     After breakfast we'd walk part of the way home via the Strand towards Manhattan Beach, 

...along which many of the houses were decked out for Halloween.

    Back on the streets, heading home.