We had a great weekend in Irvine, CA. I did not make the selection of where to stay so I thought why Irvine? I am not that familiar with southern California geography, there are so many towns and one runs into another so I always have a hard time keeping them straight. I know where big cities are, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Diego, but not all the little names you hear frequently so i wasn’t really sure where we were heading, exactly. Any way, our hotels Irvine turned out to be perfectly located for getting to the beach and other stuff we wanted to do.

We got to Irvine late in the afternoon after driving all day so we were ready to check into our room and grab something to eat. We were really happy that once check in we could park the car and walk to a place to eat that evening. There were a number of cool trendy shops we explored and a couple of bars we got to check out too after having a great dinner.

In the morning I was surprised to find it was a quick drive and we were at Huntington Beach, not far to the north is Long beach and to the south about the same distance is Laguna Nigal. Lots of beach going activity for anyone into the southern California beach scene and basically that is all I really wanted to do, hang out at the beach and relax, so not staying beach side I was concerned, until I saw how close we were to the beach. The day was perfect for beach going, the ocean breeze and warm sun what could be better. We spent the entire day there, just couldn’t pull ourselves away. We need to stop and relax for a while anyway.

The next day my girl friend got to go shopping, we have to fit that in or it just isn’t a weekend away. We really enjoyed the shops the surround the areas near the university. Young and trendy a lot of fun and excitement with all the restaurants and bars too. It was a great place to hang out, people watch, get some thing to eat and people watch.

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