You don’t see a lot of mustachioed busts throughout the art world, at least I haven’t encountered many, so this one caught my eye and reminded me that I don’t like mustaches or fedora hats on about 95% of the people that wear them.
After falling asleep on the beach in the morning I decided to do something productive and took a drive up to the Getty. The sun was out and the temperature was about 75-80. The Getty complex is a really nice architectural exhibit in and of itself. It sort of has the feel of Bill and Ted’s University of the Future.
I’ve never been much of a soccer fan. Growing up it was the only sport I was halfway decent at, but I hated playing it. I did enjoy watching the World Cup though and surprisingly really enjoyed the live game this past week when I went to see the LA Galaxy vs FC Dallas. The match was a playoff game so maybe there was more intensity in the air than usual, but the crowd was great and the atmosphere was really cool. David Beckham and Landon Donovan were noticeably better than everyone else on the “pitch”, but LA still managed to loose badly.
Walking around Venice with a camera is never a bad plan. There is always something going on. These are just two random shots. First a seagull with herpes and the second a few surfers just off the pier – ascending in age, descending in hair (scratch that and reverse it).
Took a walk down to the Venice Boardwalk and came across a hotdog eating contest. Couldn’t find Kobayashi or EaterX on the stage, but was able to snap a photo of this dude scarfing down some hotdogs. Big crowd there, there was a secondary body building event on the same stage a bit later, but I didn’t stick around for it.
Took a walk down to the Venice Pier and snapped a bunch of photos with a zoom lens.
When I was growing up the concept of a skatepark for kids was completely out of question. Instead skaters had to make do in parking lots and urban areas. So, the Venice Skatepark is sort of interesting for me every time I walk past it since its littered with little kids flying around. Seems like access to the skate park is as easy as wearing a brightly colored shirt.
