Chris Erskine: My reflections on the left coast: Out here, even the corpses look better

I was at a luncheon in San Clemente, one of the best beach towns in all the world.

"It's a little older crowd," my lunch mate noted of San Clemente's populace, to which I responded: "That's probably why I like it."

I also admire how the sun pings off of San Clemente, like strobe lights off an Oscar gown.

You can keep Venice - atrocious parking and too many of those angled streets that play board games with