Living in LA Alicia is an Aussie living and working in Venice of America, part of sunny SoCal. She escapes LA at every opportunity to explore California and the US.

One of the best things about living in LA is the number of fabulous places you can escape to on weekends. And boy I need to escape regularly - the longer I stay without a break the more I believe I should do an hour of cardio a day, that carbs after 3pm are a disaster and $10 for a sandwich is the going rate.

Last weekend we went to the desert and stayed in Josuha Tree (’Josh’ to the locals) . I can throughly recommend Spin and Margie’s hideaway for easy pleasant accommodation near the National Park. On Saturday we took a guided walk though the park with local guide Cal. The guided walk was one of my SoCal highlights.

Take the ancient ink blot test - a porpoise?

I see a tortoise here…