Superbly located top floor of a duplex in Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California. Inside, the duplex is wonderfully decorated. Multi-color paint, lots of artwork, hardwood floors throughout, nice custom-made window coverings, bigscreen TVs, and surround sound stereo. The large living room has a 61 inch flatscreen television with top-of-the-line surround sound and cable TV. We have a separate dining room, and a large kitchen Each bedroom has a queen size bed. The master bedroom has plasma TV/DVD/Cable and the 2nd bedroom has a Soloflex home gym for working out. One of the best features of our home is a great balcony, east facing for warm sunny morning coffee and with a gas barbeque for afternoon cocktails and outdoor dinners. We spend most of our time on the balcony (yes, even in winter, it's southern California after all). Our home is non-smoking, although smoking is OK on the balcony.

Belmont Shore is a small beachfront community in Long Beach, California. We are about a 2 minute walk to fabulous well-renowned restaurants (Greek, Italian, French, American BBQ, Chop House, Mediterranean, Mexican, Lebanese/Middle Eastern, Pizza, Coffee Shops, etc; we will recommend the best restaurants for you if you like). The beach is one block away, and has an excellent walking/jogging/bike path (we have bikes for your use). There are also lots of great boutique shops (not tourist shops but boutiques frequented mostly by the local residents) and sports bars and night clubs with live entertainment. Also within a block is the beachfront public Olympic pool. The Market by Vons is a gourmet market with great gourmet sandwiches and prepared foods is a 2 minute walk and the RiteAid drugstore/pharmacy is a 5 minute walk. Laundromats & dry cleaners are also within 2-3 minutes walk. We are also 30-45 minutes from major SoCal attractions like Disneyland (20 minutes), Universal Studios (45 minutes), Dodger Stadium (30 minutes), Angel Stadium (20 minutes), the Huntington Library (30 minutes), the phenomenal Norton Simon Museum (30 minutes), Hollywood (45 minutes), Venice Beach (45 minutes), Santa Monica (45 minutes, and Beverly Hills (45 minutes). The Getty Museum is within one hour. Snow skiing is reachable in 1 1/2 hours and San Diego and Santa Barbara are an easy 2 hour drive (or less).

I live with my partner and our dog. The dog (who will not be here when you visit) is outside during the day and inside at night. We have a cleaning service every two weeks and, because we have hardwood floors, the home is always very clean. I am a Department Head of Engineering for a large aerospace corporation. We are extremely responsible and respectful of our property as well as that of others, and expect the same of others. We are fluent in English and Spanish, and speak Italian and French well. We love eating fine foods and can recommend wonderful restaurants that will astound your senses if you like.