It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Keeping it clean

Greg Foisie rakes the sand at Santa Monica's Arlington West on Sunday November 27, 2005.A peace group sets up crosses to represent U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq each weekend just north of the pier.
Among piers

A group recently takes a rolling tour aboard Segways in and around Santa Monica Beach.
MASS MUSIC DOME

“A visual and musical event at Santa Monica Pier where the audience experiences the performance from inside the instrument.” Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California – The internationally renowned MASS Ensemble’s large-scale instruments and kinetic performances have enthralled and delighted audiences throughout the U.S. and abroad. Now, the performance group that invented the world’s largest stringed instrument has partnered with the prestigious experience design firm o2 creative solutions to create MASS MUSIC DOME, a completely immersive visual and musical performance event, in which the venue is the musical instrument. MASS MUSIC DOME is on the Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica CA, for nine shows. December 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 All shows at 8pm except Dec 4 at 7pm and Dec 11 at 6pm General Admission: $35 - Front Row Seating: $50- SUNDAY Dec. 4th
Zimbabwean music

The Masanga Marimba Ensemble plays music from the Shona people of Zimbabwe at the Farmers Market on Sunday November 27, 2005 at Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard. Zimbabwean music is centuries old and has been passed down by oral tradition from generation to generation. Playing on Shona-style marimbas from Zimbabwe, the ensemble performs music largely based on the mbira dzavadzimu, a hand-held instrument with 22-28 metal keys often used for sacred ceremonies to call, honor, and ask for advice from ancestral spirits.

Seasons Greetings
Black Friday

The busiest shopping day of the year brings out early morning shoppers to the Santa Monica Place on Friday November 25, 2005.
Wrap it up

Gobble gobble

This Free range, hormone free-16 pound turkey was the main dish on Thanksgiving day followed by all the traditional fixings. This Turkey was cooked on a rotisserie for about three hours




















