San Clemente Bound

♫ Slightly Stoopid- Mellow Mood ♫

This past weekend I got a chance to go back to one of my favorite beach towns aka:  San Clemente. I stopped by T-Street Beach to chillax and reminisce the good times spent in SC when I used to live in Oceanside. San Clemente is only a couple minutes away from San Diego county and the city I used to live at (Oceanside). I remember driving by this cute town and hanging out at the beach during those long lazy summer days. Good times for sure! This time however, I got to explore more of the 'downtown' area and I had to stop by "Bear Coast Coffee" , who are known for their delish coffee ( I got iced chai though lol) nonetheless it was yummy and it was such a quaint  laid-back town...my kind of style for sure! If you guys are looking for an underrated beach without tourists and crowds, T-street is one of them! After all, LA beaches are too crowded and overrated so this is one of the few I recommend and of course the ones down South in San Diego. :)

Hope you're all doing great!

x

StephC

Beach Road Trippin'

♫ Beat Connection- So Good ♫

1. Manhattan Beach 

2. Hermosa Beach

3. Redondo Beach

(Images taken with Nikon J3 and iPhone)

It's been a while since I visited a few of  the South Bay LA county beaches, so I decided to drive up to three of the state beaches I grew up going to during my childhood: Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach. These beaches all border each other and are different in their own way.  Since summer is still here, I took advantage of my day off and drove up to these beaches starting with Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach is a popular tourist beach known for it's beautiful pier, surfing, shops, restaurants, and night life. It's also lively and the pier design is slightly reminiscent to that of Huntington Beach's in OC , but less crowded. 

 Hermosa Beach on the other hand,  has more of a mellow vibe and it's directly in between Manhattan and Redondo Beach.  It's also very well known for surfing but the pier and beach is much smaller...it's still a very beautiful laid-back/ artsy beach community! 

Last but not least is Redondo Beach. Redondo is definitely a lively community with a pier filled with many shops, restaurants, and live music in the summer. It's very popular among tourists and many shows and movies have also been filmed there.  This pier has got to be my favorite though (aka waterfront), starting with the horseshoe shape pier design, it's very unique and different from any other Cali beach, which I love!  By the end of the day I ended up in Redondo Beach just in time to watch the sunset over ice cream. 

Gotta love those SoCal summers! ;)

Happy weekend loves!

x

StephC

Sun, Sand, & Sea

♫ Matt Costa- Sunshine ♫

(Wearing: vintage top and scarf, Ray Ban sunglasses, Lee's shorts, Zara sandals)

Weekday evenings at the beach after a long day ....no better feeling!

Hope you guys are also enjoying your summer :)

x

StephC