santa monica observations

1. i've never seen so many hybrid cars per capita in one place in my life.

2. there are more Whole Foods Markets within two miles of our apartment than any other store (four of them).

3. no matter what grocery store you go to, though, you have to bring your own bags. if you forget them, they DO NOT offer plastic bags--paper only, and they're 10 cents each.

4. there are always people walking and biking everywhere. it is AWESOME.

5. going along with that, there are sidewalks! everywhere! and bike lanes! who would have imagined? oh, wait, no, that's just durham that doesn't believe in those things.

6. there are only good-looking, fit people here. well, they're all fit, at least.

7. EVERYONE has a dog, and most of them are the short fat sausage kind that look like their legs were chopped off.

it's not like all of southern california is like this--irvine, the home of ALL the SUVs, is definitely not on the same wavelength.

it's kind of funny to see how different it is from durham, especially. i absolutely LOVE the ability to walk practically anywhere you want, and wish we could do that in durham--we can't walk ANYWHERE from our apartment in durham. this is definitely a fun place to explore and live for a few months!