Into our third week here in LA and I am slowly getting to know all the areas, we are staying in between Marina del Rey and Venice and 10 minutes from Santa Monica. I love the area around the canals and next to Abbot Kinney best, Venice Beach is not really suitable  for young kids, though we did manage to find a gorgeous playground by sea today . The life style is perfect for children  we even  managed to get my fussy children to eat at a vegan restaurant today the fabulous Café Gratitude.

My children did Camp Awesome and another friends did Fitness by the Sea both of which we could recommend, they are on the beach and very chilled with a great teacher to child ratio

Today I am wearing shorts by Lucky Brand  and top by Blue Fashion, it is so much better quality than the Isabel Marant version you see around a lot. I love these Thierry Lasry sunglasses, they are a great shape and super light.