SANTA MONICA welcomes me!!

That's what the 2007 Visitor's Guide says, at least. I really, REALLY can't express how delightful it was to come home last night to see that in the mail. This package that originated in Santa Monica, CA sitting in MY front hall. KNOWING that someone in Santa Monica fondled my package (so to speak) and now it was in NJ...well, it just made me giddy. I felt like a piece of my California dream was sitting in my hands! That, in its own small but crucial way, it was another stepping stone to getting there. I vetted the handsome brochure over hot tea, my NJ windows allowing balmy late spring air to pour over me. A dreamy evening.