From east to west- the Donvitos are now in CA! We moved to Manhattan Beach on Saturday and went from 20 degree weather to a beautiful 66! We are absolutely loving it, and are so glad that we chose to live here. Here are some unique facts about Manhattan Beach:1. Manhattan Beach was mentioned in the Beach Boys' song "Surfin' USA".
2. Mr. Duncan, a retired colonel from the civil war and Manhattan Beach resident, built a tunnel from his property to the beach in order to smuggle slaves and treasure.
3. The AVP tournament in Manhattan Beach is known as "The Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball." The names of the tournament champions are inscribed in plaques along Manhattan Beach Pier.
4. Many shows and movies were filmed here: The O.C., CSI Miami, Starsky and Hutch and Jerry Maguire.
5. Much of the sand for the beach was purchased by developers from Hawaii in the late 1920s.
6. The name of present day Manhattan Beach was decided by a coin-flip in 1902 between George Peck (who branded his property Manhattan after his hometown in New York).
We could not fully leave behind Manhattan, so we just had to move to a new Manhattan on the west.
