It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Dream Catcher
Darin Selby, 47, runs along the Venice bike path pulling his home-made human-powered "Dream Catcher Mobile" on Sunday, December 23, 2007. With hardly any effort, Selby can pull up to 1000 ponds accomplished via the human-powered rolling lever! In operating the Dream Catcher Mobile, Selby first pulls down a long, padded lever - and in the process uses his own body weight as an advantage.




Spinners
Stainless steel 'Wind Spinners' hang from a Kiosk at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, December 22, 2007.




Mobile Screening Unit
1,2) Optometrist Alfred Corwin, 84, gives Silvia Martinez, 32, an ophthalmoscopy exam inside of Santa Monica Lions Club's (District 4-L3) Mobile Screening Unit (MSU) on Saturday, December 22, 2007. The MSU screens for sight, blood pressure and hearing. 3) Silvia takes a Non Contact Tonometry (NCT) exam (air puff test). The NCT screens for Glaucoma, one of the leading causes of vision loss that affects one in 17 people aged 40 or over. 4) Silvia takes a hearing test during the screening, she raises her hand when she hears a noise. 5) Santa Monica Lion Club president, Frank Schwengel, checks Silvia's blood pressure during her screening on Saturday. 6) The Mobile Screening Unit, a 1964 Fleetwood RV with 18,000 miles, staged a free community screening at Olympic Blvd on Saturday. The Lions club is currently raising money to purchase a new MSC and is seeking corporate sponsorships.




Third Street Nutcracker





Merry Christmas




Winterlit Workshop




Flippin' Jacks




Police wrap
1) (left to right) Santa Monica Police Officers Kim Sloane, Capri Redondo and Christina Coria, gift wrap presents on Thursday, December 20, 2007 during the 'Its a Wrap Party' at Santa Monica Place. 2) Santa Monica Police Chief, Timothy J. Jackman and Officer Redondo, wrap gifts during the party. 3) (left to right) SMPD Lieutenant Alex Padilla, SMFD Chief Jim Hone and SMPD Chief Jackman help wrap gifts. 4) Police Activities League volunteer Sebastain Couty (left) and SMPD volunteer Jeff Rochlin, assemble a boys bike during the wrap party. 5) Community leaders, volunteers from the Police Activities League (PAL), Bayside District Corporation and Santa Monica Place, wrapped more than 250 gifts which were collected during the Winterlit “Best Gift Ever” community gift drive. Gifts collected will be distributed to children who might otherwise go without presents this holiday season.




