Fiesta Hermosa! What's Your Favorite Thing About Your Body?
Fiesta Hermosa, Hermosa Beach, CA | Monday, May 25th, 2026 | 1:30-4:30pm
On Monday, May 25th, I took my sign down to Fiesta Hermosa to remind us all, if you look hard enough, there is at least one thing we can appreciate about our bodies.
I wasn’t sure if I’d end up making it down to Fiesta Hermosa with my sign. But as the weekend unfolded, I was inspired to take it down on Monday afternoon. I chose a cute, on-brand outfit, put on some sunscreen, grabbed my sign, packed my bag, and left to walk down to the pier. It’s about two miles all in to get down there, and the sun was shining. It was a beautiful day for a walk.
On my walk down towards the beach, a gentleman in passing asked what my sign said. I showed him, and he said his mind. Then, at the next stoplight he asked why I had the sign and what I was doing. He told me we need more of this, then asked what mine was. I told him it was my big heart.
I took the strand from 190th all the way down to the pier. When I arrived, I assessed the best spot to post up and settled on the crosswalk at Pier Ave. & Hermosa Ave. I’d stood here before, but it was different this time because the streets were closed off to the vendors of the festival.
A girl hopped over to me and said her smile.
Share about the first man to approach me.
Share about the first woman to approach me.
Talk about a rundown of how the day went overall.
I took some time after my time on the street to reflect after the experience and wrote down those that I remembered most:
“What’s Your Favorite Thing About Your Body?”
LOCATION: Fiesta Hermosa, Hermosa Beach, CA
DATE: Monday, May 25th, 2026
TIME: 1:30-4:30pm
Answers I heard:
My eyes
My ears
Everything!
My boobs
My smile
My height
My heart
My mind
My hair
My energy
My shoulders
My freckles
My red hair
My biceps
My feet
My calves
My nose
My face
My curves
The theme that stuck out to me the most:
A lot of people said their eyes
My long limbs
First-Time Responses:
My forearms
My hip dips
Two younger kids stopped over. One said his elbow dexterity, and the other said the way his knee was formed.
Powerful responses that stood out:
One woman shared her legs are both her least afvorite and most favorite thing.
A gentleman told me his was his kidney, because he’d lost one to a rupture while he was playing sports in high school and shared
Stand out words of encouragement:
“Keep up the good work”
“Oh, cute!”
My chosen place to reflect: I chose to go get food with some friends that I ran into. It had been a bit of a weekend, and I needed to be around people. I took a few notes during my time out on the street and reflected the following evening.
My favorite thing about my body that day was my big heart. I’m so thankful that I care as much as I do - about myself, about others, about my work. My ability to hold love for as much as I do never ceases to amaze me.
As always, keep your eyes peeled for more of this!!!
And, per usual, I’ll leave you with: What’s your favorite thing about your body?
❤️🔥Megan
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