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We went to the Venice Beach Boardwalk, mostly because it was there. But also because it’s Famous! It’s Not To Be Missed! It’s the Number One Tourist Attraction! (I know all these things because their very own website told me.)
But, for better entertainment, you could read the reviews on Yelp. If you don’t have time, here are some convenient highlights:
* I still love visiting this mecca of strangeness and chaos.
* Crowded and funky, filled with tourists, transients hanging out/sleeping, people smoking “medical” marijuana, and people enjoying the beach.
* Stand near a hippie drum circle and try to catch a contact high.
* Just don’t equate the people you see there to everyone in this part of the state because we’re not all freaks. Some of us just like to go and watch them from time to time.
* Never again will I be coming back to the Sodom and Gomorrah of LA County.
* If you want a carnival-on-acid experience with all sorts of weirdness, come on down to Venice Beach.
Venice Beach, California
photographed 6.26.2013
How odd that this would have caught my attention
Well, look at what I found: rectangles.
In case you wondered – Charles von der Ahe was the founder of the Southern California grocery store chain, Vons, which was among the first stores to offer pre-packaged, self-service meat and deli items. (Vons was also the Official Grocery Store for the 1984 Summer Olympics, for whatever that’s worth.)
This building is on the campus of Loyola Marymount University; when you walk over to it from the visitor parking, a crossing guard will stop traffic for you. Which is sort of entertaining, since compared to the rest of Los Angeles, the campus has practically no traffic. But, still, we made it there and back without any car-pedestrian accidents to mess up the trip.
Los Angeles, California
photographed 6.27.2013
White on white, 10
On the top level of a parking garage along South Beverly Drive, I spotted this bit of graffiti. And a security camera. Or, perhaps more accurately, a “security” camera.
Beverly Hills, California
photographed 6.26.2013
The night game
The thing is that I don’t really consider myself a fan of baseball. I don’t keep up with teams or standings or scandals or anything like that.
But, for some reason, I love to go to baseball games.
When I travel during the baseball season (defined in my mind as the “just before it gets really hot until sometime in the fall”), and I am going to a city with a team (major league, or minor: I don’t care), I will always look at the schedule to see if I can catch a game. So, I’ve seen games in Seattle, San Francisco, Kansas City, Arlington, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Albuquerque, Round Rock (Texas), and probably a few others that I don’t remember just now.
And so, on a spare night in Los Angeles, it was the Dodgers v. the Giants. It was a lovely evening, as we watched the two teams battle it out. When I wasn’t watching the game, I was playing with my camera and watching the falling light play across the concrete stadium. It was a lovely night.
Oh, and the Dodgers won.
Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles, California
photographed 6.25.2013
Arms flung wide
Just hours after the United States Supreme Court announced its historic rulings on gay marriage, a man shares his happiness with a Hare Krishna band. In context, it made a lot of sense.
along the boardwalk
Venice Beach, California
photographed 6.26.2013
One Day | One Image 