...we will miss about Santa Monica (in no particular order)
1. Night Serenades
The most exotic birds sing in the middle of the night. I remember the first night I heard them. Around 2am Bradshaw woke up crying and hungry. After I finished feeding him, I pulled the covers up around my neck and just lay awake listening to the beautiful song in pitch dark. I felt like if I got up and checked out the window, I would be in a bungalow in the top of a jungle tree with monkeys and toucans nearby.
2. THE BEACH
You can see the ocean from the street we live on. We've tried to take advantage of its proximity by taking evening walks along the boardwalk and watching the sunset, attending weekly ward playgroup (at the beach) and running along the overlook in the morning. We will really miss it.
3. The way the palm leaves glitter
You have to walk west on Wilshire in the late afternoon and you'll see what I mean.
4. Carillon bells
Saint Monica Catholic Church is right by our house and we hear the bells everyday at noon & 6pm
5. Close proximity to EVERYTHING
There is a grocery store on the other side of our block (not a mini-mart; a huge, high-quality grocery store.) There is a post office on our block. We can walk to the dentist, endodontist, Bradshaw's pediatrician, our family practitioner, Subway, the library, 3rd Street Promenade, Old Navy, Gap, Forever 21, etc.
6. Dustinn says "The Monitor Office."
It is also within a 15-minute walk; and Dustinn has walked to and from work everyday for 8 months. It towers over Santa Monica. Nothing impedes it's view in any direction. It is right on the shore looking out over the ocean.
7. Frienda & Family
Janina & Julie are close in Westwood. Our siblings: Katy, Joe, Lindy, Elisse, Dani, Seth & Lorin are all close enough for a weekend trip. Dustinn's grandparents and his Uncle Kevan & Aunt Swan live in California.
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SANTA MONICA MISSES YOU, TOO!! (hehe. we wish you were back here, but we're happy for your new upward-and-onward move to DC. we love you!)
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