When I get my i-phone

Pictures will be better than this!

What I love about Long Beach:

-- Today I shopped locally. Not only was a particular item for My Squeeze a better price than I found on the internet, it was 20% off and as a thank you for shopping locally I "won" a $5.00 gift card to Jamba Juice.
-- Other than that gift, I was able to get almost all handmade things, many made by local artisans, the rest fair trade and was always greeted by perky store clerks.
- There was no traffic holdup, even on the big main drag of 2nd Street in Belmont Shores. I LOVE no traffic.
-- A local bank sponsored all the parking meters to be free and I found a space in front of all three places I needed to go.
-- Really wonderful people I met at the organic community garden came by to pick up my baked goods for our garden bake sale at a local church. I never thought I'd ever say I had to make things for a bake sale in my city life.
-- And this: FLOATING CHRISTMAS TREES. I pulled off to the side of the road after The Squeeze's gig at a "Cheers"-like bar in Sunset Beach to take the picture. At BRIX, everyone knows each other, there was free food because the owner wanted to celebrate Christmas and people even had their kids there. How crazy is that?! Most importantly, I could pull over to take the picture because there was room on the side of the road, no permit parking, and just space. Space Space. So, I took pictures with my cell phone of the floating christmas trees while people walked their dogs, greeted each other and I realized that I live in a GREAT community.



And when I get my i-phone in April cell phone shots might actually be blog worthy!