Yes and again yes
Apparently it's not only possible to bike to the beach; it's a damn fine day out. Especially when the weather is like this: spotlessly sunny skies, warm but not hot temperature, and that oddly hard to place but unmistakable California feel to the air.
I rode down to Coney with a friend (okay, a date), and then along miles of waterfront, and then some more miles of city streets, and then had dinner, and then rode home (ahem, the latter by myself, thank you). And it was a perfect, perfect day.
I'd like to have those more often, if it please the court.