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

Grease

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(top) Randal Kleiser, director of Grease (third from left) poses with his cast on the red carpet at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday September 19 2006, celebrating the DVD release of the Grease Rockin'  Rydell Edition. (bottom) Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie on Grease, sings on the red carpet.
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Casey and Kenickie

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Casey Longstreet, 7, dressed up in a  fifties outfit, poses with Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie on Grease, at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday September 19 2006, during the celebration of the DVD release of  Grease Rockin'  Rydell Edition.
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Lorenzo Lamas and Co.

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Actor Lorenzo Lamas, poses for the cameras on the red-carpet during the DVD release event of  Grease Rockin'  Rydell Edition at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday September 19 2006. Later during the event, Lamas dances with his three daughters to the live music of Sha Na Na alongside of the Grease cast.
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Sha Na Na

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The doo wop sensations Sha Na Na (AKA Johnny Casino and the Gamblers) rocks at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday September 19 2006, celebrating the DVD release of the Grease Rockin'  Rydell Edition.

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Gas-a-terias

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A replica 1936 Gilmore Gas Station stands at the Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax. The Gilmore Gas Station, (Gas-A-Teria) was the first self-serve gas station in the country.
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Taste of Santa Monica

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(top photo) Christophe Bernard, (right) culinary director at the Art Institute of California-Los Angeles and his students demonstrate how to prepare a farmers market fruit Gazpacho, a combination of summer berries, melons, peaches, mango and infused mint flavor during the 5th Annual Taste of Santa Monica culinary event at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday September 17, 2006. Culinary students left to right, Adam Laus, 19, Mike Zukin, 20, Brittany Battistoni, 19 and Anna Funes, 19.

Jazzin' it up

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Naela Bullet, 33, who hails from Zurich  Switzerland, performs on her saxophone "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone," at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, September 17, 2006.
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Westside Aquatics Center

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A group of teenagers  from the Westside Aquatics Center Swim Team train at Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, September 16, 2006. They swam north along the coast for 1000 meters and ran back on the sand.
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