Monday, April 27, 2009. Venice Beach was on the menu today because we never made it down there yesterday. Kuda picked me up, and we drove down.
Venice is one of those places that's probably been in nearly every Hollywood film that used a beach from LA. It's pretty huge. About a a quarter of a mile in form the ocean is a wide walk way kind of like a boardwalk. Except it's not made of wood, rather, it's cement. Here, there are a lot of shops and vendors along with a bunch of artists, street performers, and just straight up strange people.
The first stop I made was in this little offshoot area with various stores. We went into a clothing store which a lot of nice stuff. Anywhere from throwback vintage looking t-shirts to hip trendy jackets. Prices were a little steep though.
We left that store and stopped at sun glass stand that was being ran by some little Asian woman. Because the sun was really bright, I bought a pair for eight bucks!
After sportin' some new shades, I came across a van with a long tent and racks of clothes. I noticed that these racks were stocked with unique vintage band tees. These were the real deal. I saw shirt designs that you cant find in the store. After some searching, I found some Queen shirts and bought them. The best part, they weren't expensive. Thirteen dollars each! And they have that soft t-shirt feel.
Venice Beach is full of very cool and interesting things. There's a lot of art on the walls of the stores. Remakes such as Van Gogh's Starry Night, as well as original works and Graffiti.
The street performers are interesting to say the least. There are artists doing paintings, musicians playing instruments, and people doing I don't know what. We passed a guy playing the diggory doo as well as some dude who was almost naked holding what looked like two albino cobras by the neck. Like I said strange people. And that was only the tip of the ice berg.
We passed by Muscle Beach. This is apparently where their current Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger used to work out as he was becoming a Hollywood action star. It's actually an outdoor gym where people can work out in public. I would feel weird doing that.
After we got to the end of the walkway, we went back to the car and took a drive down Main St. Main St has a lot of shops and boutiques, including Undefeated, another popular underground sneaker store. I stopped in there, saw a few sneakers that I wanted, but didn't buy.
On our way back, we picked up Flitz, got my Jack in the Box fix and then headed to the Burbank Mall so that Flitz could buy jeans. We hung out there for a little bit, then rocked out at Rock Band at the Best Buy and then headed back to Flitz's.
We filmed a VT Rant. If you don't know what that is, check out http://www.youtube.com/ViolentToenailz. Filming was smooth until our set started to fall apart and a wood painting fell on fish bowl, smashing the bowl and spill water every where. My first thought, save the fish! Fortunately for the fish, there was enough bowl left with water that the fish survived. He was in a little shock though. All the stores were closed so the Fish is currently in a glass vase.
We capped the night off with some Little Caesar's Pizza and a film about hecklers called 'Hecklers'. After watching this film, I think I'll be a little more aware of how critical I can be. Watch the movie, you'll understand what I mean.
One more full day left. Time is whizzing by fast, but I've learned to stop and smell the LA roses.
Venice is one of those places that's probably been in nearly every Hollywood film that used a beach from LA. It's pretty huge. About a a quarter of a mile in form the ocean is a wide walk way kind of like a boardwalk. Except it's not made of wood, rather, it's cement. Here, there are a lot of shops and vendors along with a bunch of artists, street performers, and just straight up strange people.
The first stop I made was in this little offshoot area with various stores. We went into a clothing store which a lot of nice stuff. Anywhere from throwback vintage looking t-shirts to hip trendy jackets. Prices were a little steep though.
We left that store and stopped at sun glass stand that was being ran by some little Asian woman. Because the sun was really bright, I bought a pair for eight bucks!
After sportin' some new shades, I came across a van with a long tent and racks of clothes. I noticed that these racks were stocked with unique vintage band tees. These were the real deal. I saw shirt designs that you cant find in the store. After some searching, I found some Queen shirts and bought them. The best part, they weren't expensive. Thirteen dollars each! And they have that soft t-shirt feel.
Venice Beach is full of very cool and interesting things. There's a lot of art on the walls of the stores. Remakes such as Van Gogh's Starry Night, as well as original works and Graffiti.
The street performers are interesting to say the least. There are artists doing paintings, musicians playing instruments, and people doing I don't know what. We passed a guy playing the diggory doo as well as some dude who was almost naked holding what looked like two albino cobras by the neck. Like I said strange people. And that was only the tip of the ice berg.
We passed by Muscle Beach. This is apparently where their current Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger used to work out as he was becoming a Hollywood action star. It's actually an outdoor gym where people can work out in public. I would feel weird doing that.
After we got to the end of the walkway, we went back to the car and took a drive down Main St. Main St has a lot of shops and boutiques, including Undefeated, another popular underground sneaker store. I stopped in there, saw a few sneakers that I wanted, but didn't buy.
On our way back, we picked up Flitz, got my Jack in the Box fix and then headed to the Burbank Mall so that Flitz could buy jeans. We hung out there for a little bit, then rocked out at Rock Band at the Best Buy and then headed back to Flitz's.
We filmed a VT Rant. If you don't know what that is, check out http://www.youtube.com/ViolentToenailz. Filming was smooth until our set started to fall apart and a wood painting fell on fish bowl, smashing the bowl and spill water every where. My first thought, save the fish! Fortunately for the fish, there was enough bowl left with water that the fish survived. He was in a little shock though. All the stores were closed so the Fish is currently in a glass vase.
We capped the night off with some Little Caesar's Pizza and a film about hecklers called 'Hecklers'. After watching this film, I think I'll be a little more aware of how critical I can be. Watch the movie, you'll understand what I mean.
One more full day left. Time is whizzing by fast, but I've learned to stop and smell the LA roses.
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