🌊WALK TO BEACH, BAY, SHOPS and RESTAURANTS, near DISNEYLAND, CATALINA, AQUARIUM

We are Tracy and Catherine …. Tracy is a retired television comedy writer with a 30 year career, with credits including the Golden Girls and Home Improvement and created his own show “8 Simple Rules” with John Ritter.

I am an artist, currently doing stained glass mosaics, but love all sorts of arts and crafts involving wood, metal, ceramics etc, but mostly using repurposed materials.
I was born in Montana, grew up in Midwest until I was 10 (Chicago area) and Tracy was born close by in Santa Monica, and has lived in California all his life.
We have three children - two girls and the youngest a son, all born in Southern California.
We recently bought a home in Vancouver WA - we love green spaces and seasonal weather. We will be back and forth from there to Long Beach to visit family and friends.
We have done a lot of traveling ourselves over the years.

We are proud to have our daughter be property manager and Co-host - she takes great care of our guests!

Location, location, location!
We stumbled on this area when looking for colleges for my daughter and fell in love immediately. I love it here for so many reasons - it's what I call "a big small town."
I like the small streets of Belmont Shore where I live, the beach city vibe, easy for walking or biking. The canals of Naples are a must see (on other side of bay and across from Peninsula) and little Seal Beach next door has a beautiful beach for swimming and surfing and a Main St. of it’s own.
The people are friendly and it's a relaxed place to be but for those who want action there's plenty. There's the beach and bay for swimming and other water activities and local attractions like Aquarium of the Pacific, the Laugh Factory, and the Queen Mary and Catalina a 40 minute boat ride away. Disneyland is just a 30 minutes drive on the freeway (that’s with no traffic).
You have the Performing Arts and Convention Centers and various sporting events hosted here like beach volleyball and the Long Beach Grand Prix, and other sporting and music events at larger venues around LA. There’s even an 18 hole El Dorado golf course and Catalina is just a 40 minute boat ride away. In September there’s the Classic Car show on 2nd St and there are various planned activities on the beach during summer, like a Polynesian Festival, boat races and movie nights on the beach.
There are great restaurants everywhere, Pine Ave/downtown, Shoreline Village, Alamitos Bay and in my neighborhood on 2nd St.
Many more SoCal attractions include Hollywood Bowl, Universal Studios

Its fantastic location in a beach area that feels like a “big small town” with most things you’d need within walking distance.