According to The Argonaut:
“Muscle Beach Venice enthusiasts have something to work up a sweat over as the Labor Day Muscle Beach Championship bodybuilding contest brings the “godfather of fitness” Jack LaLanne to the stage.”
Jack LaLanne?! He’s getting a lifetime achievement award. (I’ll say! The guy is 93!)
“Following the introduction of the bodybuilding [...]

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They are already ghosts
John and Philomene
As they pass
Along the Boardwalk
Where ghosts and poets overlap
As they pass, the gulls
Ghosting above their shadows
Everything’s haunting everything
Already ghosts
John and Philomene
Under the ghostly lampposts
Of Venice West
Their cadence
The breath of sleep
At rest
Lost at the edge of America
Already ghosts
And each poem
Already a farewell
Everything’s haunting everything
The sea is the ghost of the world
–Philomene [...]

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Spin, a newish to Abbot Kinney car rental/ driving club has opened. With membership, you can take any of their fleet of classic vehicles. A Jaguar XJ 120, Porsche Speedster and ‘74 El Dorado are among their fleet. Driving clubs like Spin are all the rage these days, coming to us from Europe where they [...]

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Last year, I wanted to find some interesting kitchen chairs to go with my 1950’s stove and fridge - and I found them at Cruz Vintage. You know, that cool vintage furniture store that used to occupy 1307 Abbot Kinney Blvd? At the time, Mr. Cruz himself told me they were moving from [...]

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OK, everyone knows that Hinano’s is a dump. Not a dive, a dump. Hinano’s smells bad. There are cobwebs all over the ceiling. The window screens haven’t been cleaned since Jim Morrison hung out at the place. People that may have hit you up for cash five minutes before may roll in and sit next [...]

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