Vacation Day 5 - Fashion District & Santa Monica Pier

The triple digit heat advisory is still in effect here...it's a scorcher! Auntie O lives about 4 blocks from the fashion district, so we walked down there this morning to score some deals! This place is amazing ~ you can find just about any fabric you can imagine & for dirt cheap! I swear if I knew how to sew I could buy fabric here and make my own tablecloths instead of renting them for clients. I saw some cloths that I rent for $21 a table here for $2.95/yd!

Within the Fashion District is Santee Alley, it's an alley at least 5 blocks long with little store fronts (the kind that is right on the street and you just pull up the garage door). Jam packed with fake designer backs, sunglasses, clothes and more! You could get a plain women's polo shirt for $3 or a graphic tee for $8 ~ bargins! I picked up a shirt, but then the heat was getting to be too much so we headed back for naptime. You could spend a lot of time down there & never see it all!

After a nap and lunch we headed out to the Santa Monica Beach & Pier. Lounged on the beach for awhile, eventhough it's a scorcher in the city it was breezy & cool on the beach. L took a big poo as soon as we arrived!! It was funny to watch 3 adults try and change the poopy diaper without her crawling away :-) L absolutely loves the sand and had a ball at the beach.

Then we walked over to the pier, they had people that would write the letters of your name in designs - kinda cool, I have one with my name from KeyLime Cove's opening. There's a big arcade/carnival area but L was too small for the rides. We walked a couple blocks from the pier and found an authentic Italian Pizzeria ~ great pizza! Of course, L again made friends with a nearby table ~ she's such a character :-)

Then we headed home for the night for a couple wild games of Kings in the Corner & drinks :-)