More reasons to fall in love with Pacifica...

[cyan_blue]

Pacifica hardly ever gets so hot that you need an a/c, but today's one of the few exceptions. Our fan is working valiantly, but it hasn't quite been up to the task of overpowering the ocean sun's effect on our westward-facing apartment. Our entire west wall is made up of window, and that sun, doubled in intensity by its Pacific Ocean reflection, is strong.

So emmett_the_sane and I dragged ourselves outside and down the hill, to an ice cream shop that's housed in the interior of a little red boxcar along Highway 1, in the Vallemar shopping center off of Reina del Mar. Except, we first walked into the wrong boxcar - there turn out to be two of them. The other one turns out to be an awesome shop full of vintage-style trinkets, clothing, and beadwork - it's called Successories.

The woman there, Pamela, is wonderful and friendly, and it turns out that she loves to do beadwork and play scrabble, so we'll invite her to our beading and gaming gatherings in the future. And the beadwork there is so dreamily colorful... I feel all inspired to spend the night doing beadwork whimsy, now.

merde, adamchristopher, captivatinglove, have you ever been there? If not, rush over! Well, call first, to see if she's open - she keeps odd store hours. Her store # is 650-359-0260. Craftspeople take note too - she sells stuff on consignment, at a very reasonable 70-30 split. (70% of the selling cost to the craftsperson, 30% to her). I don't know if it's just the jewelry or also the clothing that she sells on consignment, but it's worth asking.

It was also provident that we wandered in there, because she sells postcards of Pacifica, and I've wanted to find one of those to send to the LJ maintainers in response to their plea for postcards of LJ users' hometowns to decorate their office with. So, now I've got one ready to go.

We finally went around back and found the Boxcar ice cream shop, which was a fun place too. Emmett got a yummy lychee milkshake, and I got a cone of watermelon ice. We sat at a little table inlaid with blue, russet and white colored Spanish tile, next to some pretty white curtains blowing in the ocean breeze.

I love, love, love Pacifica...

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

That sounds fabulous! Watermelon ice cream, yum!

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

It is wonderful! Watermelon ice, moreso than ice cream... it is intensely sweet, but it was right for the day.

You have to come out to Pacifica sometime soon; we need to take you to Pacifica Thai Cuisine also, to try their real gingery ginger-ale.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Okay!

joedecker adores Thai food. Maybe I should haul him out some day again.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, you definitely should... :-)

There's a very photogenic hidden cove in Pacifica that I think he might have fun pointing his camera at. And you'd find it breath-taking as well.

[adamchristopher.livejournal.com]

Never been there. Maybe I'll check it out.

I wanna go to that ice cream shop too!

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

You'd love both shops, and I think you would hit it right off with Pamela.