You can get a great view of the Venice skate park on this video, taken with a camera attached to a remote-controlled toy plane.
Graffiti Wall: I Like to Paint
Photo taken in Venice Beach, CA. “I Like to Paint.”
Mermaid Art: Hotel Entrance
Photo taken in Venice Beach, CA.
Venice Skate Park: Website
There’s a networking hub on the web now for the Venice Skate Park, where users post photos and videos and connect with one another.
Graffiti Girl: Rockin’ Rasta
Photo taken in Venice Beach, CA.
Graffit Wall: Girl with Green Hair
Photo taken in Venice Beach, CA.
Graffiti: Halloween 2009
Photo taken in Venice Beach, CA.
Moody Morn
Photo taken in Venice, CA.
Fall Foliage: Los Angeles
People say there’s no real autumn in Los Angeles.
The Rain Came
First rain of the season.
Graffiti: Venice Skate Park
Photo taken in Venice, CA, on opening day of the new Venice Skate Park. More photos on my other blog: Surf Like A Girl.
Venice Skate Park: Dogtown Graffiti
During opening day of the Venice Skate Park, I took photos of this graffiti work, honoring Venice’s skateboarding heritage: Dogtown.
Read an interview with Peggy Oki, the sole woman of the original Zephyr skateboarding team from the Dogtown days, on the Surf Like a Girl site.
New Venice Skate Park: Open for Ripping
Below, photos from opening day at the Venice Beach Skate Park. I biked down to the park early, with my morning cup of coffee in hand, and took photos before the official opening. Then I returned in the afternoon to see the action. Hundreds were there to take to the concrete. The action shots below capture a couple of girls ripping.–Stef McDonald
Weekend Fun: Venice Skate Park
The new Venice Skate Park opens Saturday, October 3 (the photo above was taken last week), with expected appearances by Dogtown Boyz Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Jessie Martinez, and Geri Lewis. Photo of the finished park after we visit.–Stef McDonald
Graffiti: Eyeglass Frames
Photo taken in Venice, CA.
Just for Fun: Sumo Wrestler
Photo taken at a street fair in Venice, CA. –Stef McDonald
Graffiti: Hot Headdress
Photo taken in Venice Beach, CA.
Give a Hoot: Coastal Cleanup Day
Saturday was Heal the Bay‘s Coastal Cleanup Day. Records were set for participation (more than 14,000 registered volunteers) and production (more than 300,000 pounds of trash), with organized trash collection efforts taking place in 60 countries, 60 of them in Los Angeles. The photo above was taken near my home, where I was heartened to see lots parents with their kids at work. Of course, if people would only pick up after themselves, the trash take would be lower and there would be no real need for such volunteer efforts. If only… a girl can dream, right?
Below, some classic public service commercials on the subject.
Graffiti: Venice Pride
Look close and see a heart is dotting the “i” in “Venice.”
Mermaids: Sweet Music
Photo of mermaids in Venice Beach singing for a good cause: collecting donations for an ailing friend in need.
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