Family is coming to visit from Costa Rica so posting may be sporadic at best over the next two weeks. I’ll try and post, but would rather be doing what I did today, which was nothing but work on my tan. The fires look pretty crazy while body whomping tho … The forums are open [...]

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Walking to dinner last night we came across Jennifer Garner and Ashton Kutcher loving on each other for the new Garry Marshall film Valentine’s Day using the Venice Canals as a location. A huge swarm of paparazzi was gathered around being über-asses and stressing out the crew, so we grabbed an iPhone picture and then [...]

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Out and about driving around we could not help but notice how many commercial properties are up for rent these days in Venice. We got reports back from a developer that leases are “very aggressive” these days and very flexible. From the looks of it, it is at least a dollar or more per square [...]

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The Venice Basketball League is having their league finals Sunday, August 30th at 3pm at the basketball courts. There should be some really good action, go check it out B-Ball fans! VENICE BASKETBALL SUMMER 09 Teaser from Jeff Smith on Vimeo. Join the forum discussion on this post

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Tomorrow eve our neighbors to the north are laying out some Latino Roots music featuring “Very Be Careful”, an L.A. band playing traditional Colombian Vallenato, a seaside danceable party beat. Once again, the concerts run from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Santa Monica Pier parking lot (on the pier). All concerts are free. [...]

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