DRIVING THROUGH AVILA AND WALKING THROUGH SAN LUIS OBISPO NEIGHBORHOOD

This blue building is a wine and bistro place.

In Avila Beach - ocean is just across the walkway from it.

Whiskey for Mayor .  Stopped for a few moments to enjoy "Whiskey" who evidently is running for Mayor because they have a sign in their yard by the steps that says so - ...so I guess it must be true;)

Seeing all the pics I took of Whiskey I must have been enthralled with this guy or all the flowers around the house.

SLO has very colorful interesting houses on almost every street I've walked on.  San Luis Obispo is a college town.  It's a great place to hang out...and oh...all the restaurants in downtown SLO - such a choice and variety.

  Next post will be about the boarding house that Jack Kerouac stayed in for awhile when he lived in SLO. 

LOTS OF AVILA BEACH PHOTOS -

Avila Beach kind of reminds me of looking back at Cayucos from the pier. 

I really enjoyed the day we were hanging out here.

AVILA BEACH, CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA - ANOTHER FAVORITE AREA OF MINE

While on vacation I visited Avila Beach and for the first time finally walked through an area I had only seen from a distance.  These buildings are where people have businesses on the first floor and live on the second floor.  I love the concept and see it almost everywhere I go anymore.  Several towns in Southern California have incorporated these ideas into their cities restoration projects.

These particular buildings are so colorful and beautiful and instead of detracting from the beauty of an area they add to it, in my opinion.  I always have to take many angles of what I love - like I can't get enough of the design, color or "feel" of it.  When I take so many photos and look back it's like I'm walking through it again imagining living there.