Let me be your Tour-Guide

Nothing like showing a friend around Santa Monica to remind me why I live here. Because it’s damn amazing in a zillion ways is why. I get to tell her the story of how I came here on vacation to think about moving. Saw runners on the bluff in Palisades Park overlooking the beach at sunset, and decided I had to live in a place where that’s an everyday thing. It’s a gorgeous sunny day as we drive around and everything seems possible.

Next week I can tell you all the shit I hate about living here, but today let’s go with the good stuff.

Tourists are all over and I want to scream “HEY I get to live here all the time.” The incline there, that goes down to the beach and out to MALIBU. Yes. I live a mile from the beach and this is my little neighborhood. I show her the crazy Santa Monica Stairs where it’s celebs and sluts galore. It’s just another weird LA workout when you think about it, but the ocean view up top is so worth the hassle. P.S. Owen Wilson and Amber Veletta look hot even when sweaty.

I get busy and take things for granted. But this place, holy shit. How did I get so lucky to land here, find a great apartment, a career and good friends. I know compared to the movers and shakers in this city…my life may be small, but it’s all mine. I really am living exactly where I want to be. It’s the life I wanted, but just never knew about. How surprised my ex-husband would be.