First, if you haven't met Octavia, you can meet her and check out her visit with the abalone pearl here:
What dark & buried secret led to my downfall?
This little story will take several posts to complete, so hold off on comments until the end.
Octavia received a special invitation from Jeremy Shepherd to visit Pearl Paradise on Monday April 7th. It’s a 130 mile trip from San Diego to Santa Monica, so we left a little early in case there were any delays. Seeing none, we stopped at my old stomping grounds – South Coast Plaza -- to kill a little time.
Octavia heads for her favorite department store – Nordstrom!
It wasn’t long before we arrived at Pearl Paradise and were taken on a tour. Octavia admires the framed photographs…
And she checks out her reflection while sitting at the VIP table…
Here’s the vault – yes, it really was a bank!
Octavia immediately started making friends…
More photos coming...