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One of my favorite reasons for having a birthday every year is a good excuse (not that I need one) to try new restaurants and bakeries for celebrating with friends. My two dear friends and dessert buddies, Rebecca and Mary-Elizabeth, helped me welcome in another year at Valen Dolce, a lovely new patisserie on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. We had seen this place transforming from a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf to a beautifully decorated bakery for some months, so we were very excited that it was open by the first week of January.