Yesterday morning we temporarily escaped the clutches of LA and drove to the pier at Santa Monica.<\/p>\n
It was hot.<\/p>\n
We ambled up and down the pier, recording audio, taking photos and video and we also chatted to a singer\/songwriter who was performing right at the pier-head.<\/p>\n
He described the awesome view as ‘my office’.<\/p>\n
Then Soph made me walk from Santa Monica all the way past the original Muscle Beach to the ‘new’ Muscle Beach, just so she could tick a box in her Jim Morrison obsession book.<\/p>\n
That’s 18.5 miles (this statement may contain traces of lie).<\/p>\n
In the heat.<\/p>\n
I got fried.<\/p>\n
We watched various street entertainers including one guy who jumped all over shards of glass.<\/p>\n
We’ll edit, put backing on and publish that video in due course.<\/p>\n
Then we drove up the coast to Malibu where we found the most expensive hotel in the world.<\/p>\n
Well, not quite. But it’s a close second.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, because I misheard the quoted price I said ‘OK’ and we moved in to the room while my credit card took a big hit.<\/p>\n
Here’s the view, it’s unedited and hasn’t got audio, I’ll deal with those things when we get back:<\/p>\n