Didn't care about the game but I cheered for the Giants because I don't like the Patriots under Belichik. Liked them when they were the underdog to the Rams, was ambivalent about them afterward, but this year didn't like the way they tried to embarrass their opponents.

Hermosa is a little scruffier than Manhattan and Redondo, but I liked living there. I lived in all the South Bay communities after law school at some point. I lived on Marine Street in Manhattan, on PV Drive in Redondo, and on some street I can't remember in Hermosa. Played most of my beach v-ball at 8th St. in Manhattan and in every tournament they had-Slimeball, War of the Roses, Surf-fest. What a great place to be young. I grew up in Huntington Beach but I wasn't a part of the surf community because it was mostly a bunch of Spicolis and academic non-starters. I stuck to volleyball although I did surf some. Surfing's not a great option here (believe it or not there really is surfing in the Great Lakes not far from Chicago) because I hate wearing a full wetsuit and even with that, man was not made to surf in 35 degree water when the ice forms in your eyebrows when your head comes out of the water.