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May 2010

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Friday, May 14, 2010 – Essential Venice

You say you're stuck in gritty Cleveland at the end of a long week, and it's dreary and looks like rain, and your best-regular-season-record-in-the-league basketball team just got bounced out of the NBA playoffs by those creaky old guys from Boston, and there you sit, by the edge of that dead lake, trapped and dejected in dark Cleveland? You obviously need a bit of Southern California. You need a bit of Venice Beach.

Venice Beach Skate Park

Hey, look – media interviews! Happens all the time out here –

Media interview, Venice Beach
Media interview, Venice Beach
Media interview, Venice Beach

Words to the wise –

Smart says yes. Stupid says no. Be Stupid. - Diesel Jeans ad, Oceanfront Walk, Venice Beach

Beware - Venice Beach is a bit more surreal than Cleveland –

Mural by "Chance" - Venice Beach
Mural by "Chance" - Venice Beach
Mural by "Chance" - Venice Beach
La La Land, Oceanfront Walk, Venice Beach
La La Land, Oceanfront Walk, Venice Beach
Painted Palm, Oceanfront Walk, Venice Beach
Painted Palm, Oceanfront Walk, Venice Beach
Mural by "Chance" - Venice Beach

Yep, folks out here, the pretty people, are just empty-headed nothings –

Your Head Here, Oceanfront Walk, Venice Beach

But the sun is shining and the sky is blue and this is a fine place –

Cronk "Venice" mural, Oceanfront Walk, Venice Beach

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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