As the weather gets warmer (from the bitter depths of 15c we
have suffered through this winter) I am reminded again of one of the biggest
downsides to life in Hermosa Beach.
This is the combined effect of two factors:
1) Flip flops or sandals are
a must here from April to November. Its too warm and too darn beachy for closed toes.
2) We walk along the
Greenbelt to get to most places – downtown, to see friends, to go to the
park. And the Greenbelt is paved with woodchip and dirt.
Hence: dirty dirty feet. My feet are never clean. They are somewhere between mildly dusty or absolutely filthy at all times.
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| That diagonal stripe of dirt is semi-permanent, April-November |
And dirty flip flops too.
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| This is AFTER I washed them. They will never be clean again. |
I don't know what the solution is. A deeper tan? I’ll try but I’m really not made
that way. Darker flipflops? I’ve tried that too - but my new red ones already look as grubby as last year's neon yellow. Closed shoes? Never. Not in this weather.
No,
I think it’s just a cross I’ll have to bear. Another heartbreaking story of life in Hermosa Beach.
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