Yesterday we moved over to a hotel, a certain favorite of ours near the SNA, Orange County, California") airport. After this we headed up to Long Beach and visited The Pike which is a sort of beach-side shopping area. It was rather cold and overcast, so there wasn’t much idle, sunny, beachside activity. We headed over to the Borders and met up with one of Lauren’s best friends from college. It was good to catch up and share some of our thoughts and experiences since we had last met. Thereafter, we were joined by two other Angeleno friends of Lauren’s and we continued visiting.