Michael Stubbs gives a hug to a customers at 'MIKEY'S HUG DELI' on Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, January 5, 2013. 'Mikey's Hug Deli' is a traveling interactive pop-up art exhibit created by Michael Stubbs. Customers walk up to the counter, ring the bell, and order a Hug from a friendly Hug Ambassador. The menu includes "gangster hugs," "group hugs," and the infamous "long, uncomfortable hug," not to mention the daily hug specials. Each hug costs two compliments.

Crescent Bay Gazebo Santa Monica Beach on Friday, January 4, 2013.

Santa Monica amid the sunset on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

Popeye and Olive Oyl walk through the Downtown Santa Monica Farmers Market while promoting the inaugural Eat Well Week on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Eat Well Week celebrates California Restaurant Month. Santa Monica’s top restaurants will offer discounted pre-fixe menus and new healthy menu options that satisfy both the wallet and waistline.  Eat Well Week takes place January 6th-13th, 2013.  Participating restaurants are;  BOA Steakhouse, Border Grill Santa Monica, Dhaba Cuisine of India, JiRaffe Restaurant, Josie Restaurant, Le Pain Quotidien, Lago Santa Monica, Ocean & Vine, Rusty's Surf Ranch, Shoop's Delicatessen, Sushi Roku, The Lobster, True Food Kitchen, Upper West Restaurant , Wilshire Restaurant and Zengo Santa Monica.

Swimmers run into the chilly Pacific Ocean during the 53rd Annual Venice Penguin Swim on New Years Day - Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at the Venice Beach Breakwater. The 2013 Penguin Swim featured more than 80 participants, three-foot waves, 57° degree weather, with a water temperature of 55°degrees.

Street Performer Lenny Hoops entertains Rose Bowl fans by striking a Heisman Trophy pose at the Santa Monica Pier on Monday, December 31, 2012.

The Roots of Music, who hail from New Orleans, march down the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, December 30, 2012. They are here to perform at the Rose Bowl.

A father and his son play football on a miniature Rose Bowl football field featuring the Wisconsin Badgers and the Stanford Cardinal at Santa Monica Place on Saturday, December 29, 2012.