Quick question about Santa Monica; pseudoscience for young lemurs

I see that one of the freeways (10) turns north at the Santa Monica pier and becomes California Highway 1. This may sound like a dumb question, but can pedestrians cross it? I recall that many large roads in Texas were impassable to pedestrians because of concrete sidewalls. Or are those all freeways? See how my complete lack of driving knowledge fails me now.

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I recently read that, according to a scientific study, newlyweds have a better chance of long-term bliss if they feel able to tell each other when one of them is being irritating.

I conclude from this that many of my favourite pairings are now scientifically proven. Giles/Anya could have worked, dammit!

Progress, perhaps

Well, I've finished a draft of the shorter Illyria fic and I must say I hate every word. This isn't, however, an usual state of affairs when I'm writing, so I'll put it to one side until the weekend and then I'll look it over again to see if it's really as bad as I think. If it isn't, I'll send it to beta.

kita0610 recently posted that most people seem to like their most recent work best. I'm the opposite: there's almost always too large a gap between what I imagine the story should be and what I am able to achieve. But I grow fonder of most pieces over time.

I'll bring the washing in now and decide whether to work on the longer Illyria fic or the Giles fic or if I should do something entirely different instead.