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

Lookout

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A Seagull stands on a light post at the end of the Santa Monica Pier.

Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 05:30AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Valet Bike Zone

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Monica Howe, 30, a bike valet and the  outreach manager for the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, parks a shoppers bicycle during  Santa Monica Farmers market at Main Street on Sunday July, 16, 2006. The Bicycle Valet program is a new pilot project that is sponsored by the City of Santa Monica.The project is designed to reduce the over abundance of bikes locked up to fences, trees, meters and posts throughout the neighborhood  creating crowded sidewalks. On any typical Sunday, there can be more than 130 bicycles locked up throughout the streets surrounding the farmers market, according to  Luis Morris, Transportation Management Specialist for the city of Santa Monica. Nine metered parking spots were being reserved for Bicycle. The entire block on Main Street between Ocean Park and Hill was reserved for the Bicycles. There were around 30 bikes parked at the valet zone at any given time throughout the farmers market hours of 9am to 1 pm on Sunday. All the tips from the valet zone went to support the   Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. A group of Santa Monica Police Explores  were on hand- working security, keeping an eye on the bikes.

Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 12:56PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Surf pack

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 A group of surfers carry their boards towards the ocean to catch a sunset wave on Thursday evening, July 13, 2006.
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Feeding frenzy

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Seagulls fight  over a morsel of bread at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, July 14, 2006.
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King of the Surf Guitar

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Dick Dale, aka the "King of the Surf Guitar"  and his 14 year old son Jimmy, jam on their guitars on Thursday night, July 13, 2006 as part of the summer-long Twilight Dance Series.

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Agent Orange

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The surf/punk power trio Agent Orange perform at the Santa Monica Pier  on Thursday night, July 13, 2006 as part of the summer-long Twilight Dance Series. (top) Bruce Taylor on the base guitar, (center) Dusty Watson on the drums and (bottom) Mike Palm on the lead guitar
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 at 05:11AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

A case of the Shakes

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Monica Hunken, 25, (center) Dash Pepin, 22, (right) and Michael Buffo, 23, (left)

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Monica Hunken, 25, and Alex Rogers, 22, holding hands.

Acting out: (Top photo) Dash Pepin, 22, (right) and Michael Buffo, 23, (left) hold up Doria Bramante, 22, while Stefan Wolfert, 39, sits on the floor during dress rehearsals of  'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' - act two at the Miles Memorial Playhouse on Wednesday, July 12, 2006. The show opens this Thursday at 7:30 pm and run July, 13th through Sunday, August 6. Admission is free, limited seating.

Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 08:07PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Police formation

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A convoy of 20 police officers pedal their way south along the bike path at the beach on Wednesday July 12, 2006 — the third and final day of the Santa Monica Police department’s bicycle patrol class. The Los Angeles Port Police, UCLA Police, the Torrance Police and the Department of Veteran Affairs participated in the class along with SMPD. There were 13 participants taking the class and seven instructors.

Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 07:23PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint