We needed to do something , so we set off for a drive to Elsegundo to check out a local football combine for college selections . This is only 10 minutes up the road from our place at the foot of LAX . We thought it would be interesting to see college scouts assessing hopefuls from the local high schools. Unfortunately we arrived as it was wrapping up , that was disappointing. I still fancy myself as a wide receiver and fantasised about asking to try out . I still reckon I’d out catch all of them ….. if only the hammys could hold up . Is 49 young enough ? This quirk of fate pushed us to try a new place for lunch. Leroy was not happy .
Culver City …. it’s only half an hour from our joint and it’s embarrassing to say we’ve only just tripped onto to the place . The thing is … I knew about this place before we moved here . Mark and Julie ( I think that’s her name ) were a client that I’d caulked for . They run an international furniture business ( Vietnam House wares ) with a factory based in Vietnam using the local craftsmanship to supply large retail chains in the US , and even have a specialty store near Hollywood that their son runs …. and I haven’t even bothered to check it out . Mark the owner had urged me to look at Culver City as a location worth settling in. It was never going to happen as there’s no surf beaches closer enough . It’s time to check the place out . 
Just before you get to downtown Culver City you pass Sony studios , a massive site that is a city unto itself . I was shocked at its size , and could only imagine the business this drives in Culver City . Whoa…… Culver City is pretty hip , and the most Melbourne like destination I’ve seen in California . It reminded me of Moonee Ponds / Carlton / Brunswick Street . Cool cafes , buskers , brick front building , almost Victorian style architecture and large trees that weren’t oak but looked like them . If you’d of drugged me , blindfolded me and brought me here I’d still think I was in Melbourne . 
Today there was some bike festival , that had me laughing to myself thinking of the Greens party and their dominance in inner city Melbourne . Shit , this is LA dude . The cafes looked hip , the menus were funky and the craft beers served had me feeling thoroughly miserable . If only I could find a Melbourne quality cappuccino, I couldn’t . A barista would kill it here . 
It wasn’t the best the day to be on a Keto diet , but Public School served some pretty good food and had those darker older shades , 
with brass fittings that you’d see in inner city Melbourne . Culver City had something about it that was different , it had style and a little bit of class . We’ll be back .
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