Christmas in Cali!!!

 We got off the plane and headed straight to Venice beach.  We had breakfast at a nice little outdoor open air diner with the view above.

 Then we spent the day walking the boardwalk from Venice beach up to Santa Monica pier.

 We enjoyed the walk in shorts and tank tops although most of the other people around us wore coats and scarves.

There were plenty of surfers enjoying the water.

 Before heading to bed that night, we took a walk from the hotel down the street to the 7-11 a couple blocks over to get a Slurpee.  We have to enjoy our chance to have a Slurpee when we can.

 New Year's Eve we spent the evening walking around Universal City Walk.  We watched the Hobbit in 3D at the IMAX theatre and had a good night.