Newport Beach

Corona Del Mar

Friday, July 9 til September 9, 2006

There really is nothing quite like it. Both Tom & I have traveled extensively, but Corona Del Mar is a Paradise like no other, and the "Crown of the Sea" is a perfectly fitting name. Corona Del Mar ranges along a bluff at the south end of Newport Beach and includes some of the city’s most prestigious residential areas. It's hard to find a home under $3 million.

The streets, which are cleaned twice a week, are named after flowers, and run in alphabetical order from Acacia to Poppy, each lined with a different variety of trees. Beautiful flower gardens on each street display the flower from which the street is named. The cars are equally beautiful...Ferraris, BMWs, Mercedes, Porches, and Lamborghinis...and all spotless.

And spotless are the beaches. No jellyfish, no mosquitoes, no flies and NO HUMIDITY. Just the most beautiful blue waters and white soft sand. We find that we can be very happy being beach bums in Paradise. Although we know reality is looming in front of us, we are most content in the present. And, we are able to tend to our friend's home, look after her fish, and water her plants. We've thought more than once about becoming professional house sitters...

The photo above is taken from Little Corona Del Mar Beach...Tom & Thea's favorite. It's also a favorite for wedding photographers! No, we didn't elope yet!