It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

NO WALKING

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1) Bernie Rodriguez, from Curscio Enterprise inc., spray paints a no walking sign along the Santa Monica Bike Path on Monday, July 16, 2007. 2) Eduardo Venegas from Curscio Enterprise inc., removes the no walking stencil.
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 at 07:04PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | Comments1 Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Nethercutt Emergency Center

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1) Posie Carpenter, Chief Administrative Officer, (left) Dr. Wally Ghurabi, Medical Director of the Nethercutt Emergency Center (midle) and Dr. David Feinberg, Chief Executive Officer  of the UCLA Hospital System (right), cut the ribbon during the Community Open House for the Nethercutt Emergency Center on Sunday, July 15, 2007. 2) Posie Carpenter, Chief Administrative Officer, (left) shows the model rendition of the new Santa Monica -UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital to Santa Monica's Planning Commissioner Jay P. Johnson (center) and Rachel Sene (right) during the Community Open House 3)  Virginia Davis, who will turn one hounded years old in October, gets her blood pressure checked by Jessica Bosma, an ICU Nurse during the Community Open House. Davis' blood pressure was only 110 over 62. "Excellent for her age," according to Bosma. She only takes one prescription drug and it is not for her blood pressure.
Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 06:05PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

LA Tri Club

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1) About 90 female athletes from LA Tri Club participate in a yoga class on Santa Monica Beach led by Yas:Yoga and Spinning Center's owner Kimberly Fowler (RIGHT) during the 'TriChicks Kick-Off' on Sunday, July 15, 2007.  LA Tri  Club is a swim, bike and run club geared towards triathletes.

Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 10:51AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Kirra

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Eighth grader Kirra Kehoe, 13, (aka Shirley Good) practices paddleboarding at Santa Monica beach on Thursday, July 12, 2007 while training   for the upcoming 2007 National Lifeguard Championships which will be staged at Myrtle Beach - South Carolina in August. Kehoe began competing when she was eight years old but started surfing as an infant with her father Sean Kehoe who would  take her out with him. She is a four-time national surfing champion. Kehoe is also a singer-song writer, actress and model.
Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 at 12:46PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Spam Allstars

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Spam Allstars, who hail from Miami,  performs on the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, July 12, 2007 during the Twilight Dance Series.  A.J. Hill on the alto sax, Chad Bernstein on the trombone and Mercedes Abal on the flute. Spam Allstars blend improvisational electronic elements and turntables with latin, funk, hip hop and dub to create a sound that is unique – an electronic descarga. 
Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 at 05:04AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Plena Libre

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Four-time grammy nominee,  Plena Libre performs on the Santa Monica Pier during the twilight dance series on Thursday, July 12, 2007   Plena Libre - an Afro-Rican 13-member band is one of the hottest tropical bands today, known for their high-energy show and hard-driven native Puerto Rican folkloric rhythms plena and bomba, which are infused with salsa, jazz, other Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and topped with sizzling horn charts. Plena Libre presents an entertaining, dynamic and culturally infused program.
Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 at 05:00AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

State of the Art

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Jessica Wallace, a Nurse Practitioner, shows off the new Siemens 64 Slice CT Scanner to SMPD Chief Tim Jackman and SMFD Chief Jim Hone during a tour of  Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital's new Nethercutt Emergency Center on Wednesday, July 11, 2007, during a Business Mixer.

Plein-air

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Artist Susan Weinberg teaches a plein-air  watercolor painting class to a group of senior citizens from the Santa Monica College Emeritus at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting in the outside environment rather than indoors (such as in a studio).
Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 08:08PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint