Here's a confession: I will never live anywhere other than Orange County, California, if for no other reason than that the weather is so beautiful most every day of the year. Where else can you spend half of the work day before Thanksgiving eating lunch at the beach?
The Beachcomber restaurant in Crystal Cove is a new favorite sport. We almost ordered 30 crab cakes.
I woke up early on Black Friday, but only because I was well-rested and not because I was out doing any insane early shopping. (FYI: Early equals 9am for me as of late.) I headed down to the beach to take advantage of a mega discount on juice cleanses. The beach was so crisp and cool that morning with the perfect amount of morning fog.
I wanted to walk up and down PCH because it was so beautiful out, but I was by myself. And the juices were heavy.
But, when I headed back to my house just a few miles inland, the nice little microclimate I enjoy (but admittedly sometimes melodramatically hate) in my community was a bright, sunny 83 degrees. So what else would a girl do but collect her thoughts, bathing suit, juices, magazines and brand new ipod that her husband got her for her birthday and walk on over to the community pool? Ray Charles and the Rolling Stones were my music of choice... so fitting, I felt, for a November pool day.
I'd like the juice cleanse to be a magic potion that thins my thighs automatically.
Sean's 10-year old cousin Mary, who was a flower girl in my wedding and with whom I exchange text messages, told me that she woke up to "so much snow" on Saturday morning. I can't tell by the context of the text message whether she's excited about it or not. That's one of the reasons text messages, and emails for that matter, suck in general. She lives in Pittsburgh. I'm honestly jealous of the snow. But only a little.
I'm curious to know where you live and what your November weather has been like. I hope you are enjoying it, whatever it is, as much as I am enjoying my microclimate!
(One last confession: "microclimate" is a word I just learned last Friday from Dallas Raines, my local weather man.)
28 comments:
How perfect!!!!! It's been chilly here-- 40's in the AM.
Xo-L
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Ah Crystal Cove is my absolute FAVORITE.. and honestly, I loved it even more when I was a kid and you had to walk down a windy random path to reach the water & the Beachcomber did not exist. ;)
Looks like your Thanksgiving was wonderful!
P.S. The next time I'm in OC we need to get together!
WOW! That is definitely the perfect weather! Here in Austin it was about 80 degrees on Thanksgivig. It was very nice day as well, but I wasn't laying out at the pool. :(
Ahhhh I'm so jealous of that life. I've always wanted to live somewhere that it would be 83 in November. If I could pick up my family and move them all to California, I would be there in a second. Maine is beautiful, but I have never ever liked snow.
I had a similar Thanksgiving experience in West Florida. The weekend before Thanksgiving you could find me laying out at the beach.
I love this November weather.
I can't even begin to describe how jealous I am ;) I will get out to CA at some point and know the glory in which you speak. Until then I'm looking up nektar cleanse.
xx
It is in the mid 30's and my skin is completely dried out. So long as there's no snow I consider myself lucky. I enjoy seeing pics of 80 degree weather. We won't have it for a long, long time.
this looks simply lovely :) i am in Alabama and it hasn't been too bad here, but it is starting to get cold! thankfully it doesn't stay cold long down here.
rub it friggin' in, LM.
It's 60 degress here. 60. I'm going to catch pneumonia.
I am so jealous. I am from Orange County and lived in Hawaii until we moved last year to the freezing cold east cold... BRrrrr.
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Aces!! I really wish I could have walked up and down the street with you at the beach!! We could have taken turns carrying the juices! I"m bummed I didn't' get to go with you :(
It must be nice to have type of weather all year round. I don't mind having seasons, it just takes so long for it to actually be one season and not a combination of two.
sounds soo perfect!!! i could use a day by the pool..it was sunny the last couple days and today it's poooouring!!
Would have loved laying by the pool with you in Vegas! ;)
Oh girl, I love that the weather is still so nice that you can be at the beach in November! That's how it was over Thanksgiving at the beach with my family. We live in TN so it has been in the 50s/60s here. I get cold when it's below 70, though, so I am missing my warm summer already, haha!
If hubby saw this...he'd be depressed. He's from San Diego and wants to move back badly. It's so rainy here right now.
OMG how JEALOUS am I right now?! I dream of California.
In England it's been incredibly foggy today and currently the temperature is -2C it was -1C even at 5pm. We've had loads of rain which has caused flooding in parts of the country...I'm not going to depress you or myself for that matter any more
Great pictures. Love southern California.
ornament swap is up!
love these pictures! I wouldn't want snow all winter, but one or two days would be nice. If it's hot on Christmas, though, I'm gonna be pissed.
Sounds like the perfect day! How long have you been cleansing? Florida is perfect now too - cool and breezy and each night I listen to the palm trees rustle with an open window:) xo
that is ONE thing i love about SC. the heat, baby. it's been in the 70's and gorgeous. I would, however, trade the humidity in for the dryness of OC....you can't win em' all i guess.
Sounds like the weather is amazing. Too be honest I haven't been out at all other than to check the mail twice since I arrived home with the baby but the weather has been pretty nice for Utah! However, I love the snow I can't imagine Christmas without snow. I've never had it any other way (;
xx
Dearest Lou
Our weather has been so crazy. One day I have snot the next day brain freeze.
oh, lucky you! we have plans to move to the beach in the next few years and i cannot wait. until then, i'll live through your pretty beach pics (:
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