{"id":77747,"date":"2023-09-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=77747"},"modified":"2023-09-20T08:20:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:20:10","slug":"lbs-anti-social-itinerary-before-the-holidays-hit","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/lbs-anti-social-itinerary-before-the-holidays-hit","title":{"rendered":"LB’s anti-social itinerary before the holidays hit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your time-off itinerary for things to do in Long Beach and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The grassy knoll beside the Colorado Lagoon. Photo by Kat Schuster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You’re already seeing it. Candy corn string lights, decorative squash, pumpkin spice everything and this slogan that arrived years ago and refused to leave: “It’s fall y’all!<\/strong>” Indeed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas<\/strong> is also (apparently) almost here, according to every grocery store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you love it or you hate it\u2014the holidays are coming and they won’t leave until mid-January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we’re going to talk about self-care<\/strong> and I’ll share an anti-social itinerary<\/strong> to help you recharge and prepare for the madness that lies ahead. Beware, it may be your last chance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, let’s chat about that buzzterm “self-care.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I am a huge fan of retail therapy (just read any<\/a> of my thrift<\/a> store guides<\/a>) and I will admit to buying a $17 intention candle at House of Intution, this column will not be peddling the Goop-ification of the trillion-dollar ~self-care~ machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, self-care has become a marketable term to sell you things, lots<\/em> of things \u2014 like adaptogenic fizzy drinks, CBD toilet paper and even Goop’s $90 six-pack of fatigue fighting “vitamins.” That isn’t to say that our intinerary today will be 100% cost-free, but we’ll pass on luxury “wellness” items for today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Real talk, if $80 crystal-infused<\/a> water makes you<\/em> feel good, there’s no judgement here\u2014I too have paid unspeakable amounts in the name of wellness<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long Beach, here’s your anti-social, self-care itinerary:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Does this look like its in Long Beach to you? Well it is. It’s the El Dorado Nature Center. Photo courtesy of Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For me personally, a successful self-care day in Long Beach has three main ingredients: nature<\/strong>, tasty treats<\/strong> and sight-seeing<\/strong>. First, we begin with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are my top five nature and park picks in and around Long Beach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n