Shutters on the Beach (Santa Monica) 12/2010

We dropped in to this popular, very in, swank hotel lounge for a snack and to enjoy the sunset before dinner. The lounge has a bar at the far end and extends to a fairly narrow beach. They have a fancy restaurant next door at which one might go to eat or spot celebrities, or both. We ordered a boring snack of crumbed calamari with a pesto sauce, an odd combination. Sandra thought it worked well