{"id":763,"date":"2013-02-11T00:14:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T00:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2014-01-30T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:35:09","slug":"february-9-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"February 9, 2013 – Santa Cruz and Boardwalk, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breakfast at a little Country Inn then a long overdue visit with a friend who\u2019s friendship started in grade school.\u00a0 Being an only child and having Donna\u2019s family take me into their close knit family was a gift I\u2019ll never forget.\u00a0 Visiting with Donna, her grown children and grandchildren left me with a warm and fuzzy glow for the rest of the day.\u00a0 The visit, in her living room, was crowded with her family all chatting merrily and sharing their lives just as I had done with Donna\u2019s brothers and parents so many years ago.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what made me contact her through Facebook a few years ago but I\u2019m so thankful that one of her daughters answered my friend request and we are now connected again.<\/p>\n

After a late lunch, we took the dogs to Santa Cruz with us and spent some time walking around the beach,<\/p>\n

\"Santa<\/a>\u00a0\"Motels<\/a><\/p>\n

the \u00a0board walk<\/p>\n

\"Santa<\/a>\u00a0\"The<\/a>\u00a0\"Boardwalk<\/a><\/p>\n

and downtown area.<\/p>\n

\"Guitar<\/a>\u00a0\"Street<\/a>\u00a0\"Yep,<\/a><\/p>\n

So many people talk of Austin, TX and Portland, OR as being weird but “people watching” in the Santa Cruz downtown area makes me believe that Santa Cruz should be included in the mix of strange.\u00a0 Long haired hippies danced, sold crystal jewelry or played music on every corner.\u00a0 A guy in old time jazz player garb was tickling the keys on a street corner. \u00a0Dread locks have not lost their popularity.\u00a0 Spent a while relaxing with a cup of Starbucks to “people watch” and then the white knuckle drive through the curvy and mountainous highway that leads back to Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

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