i love LA.

downtown santa monica

we visited santa monica and the westwood, brentwood and bel air areas on sunday. i love downtown santa monica. i love the holistic, organic, alternative, artsy fartsy-ness of it. the shops, restaurants, stores and overall feel of that overpriced beach town is just perfect. we ate at the Library Alehouse, which was kinda cute. the food was average. then we made our way down santa monica blvd, pass the 3rd street promenade where we did not stop. we drove around the UCLA area, through the exclusive Bel Air gates (there were tons of security cars but no security guard) and gawked at the wonderful gates those richie riches put in front of their homes, blocking our free view of their underused home. the canopy roads were beautiful and i barely saw any residents enjoy what they spent their easily earned money on. there was no one on the streets, strolling down the sidewalk on a beautiful sunday afternoon. the entire UCLA area is just so beautiful. surrounded by westwood, brentwood, and bel air, the students must feel like celebrities.