It's alive, so I guess I'll go first…

My name is Emil.  I live off of Abbot Kinney.  My office is on Mildred.  And I commute on a skate board.

I helped Keri and Bret build out this forum.  If you have any technical questions, let me know…

Yo!  

I'm Leila.  New to Venice.  I live on Abbot Kinney.  I was a lawyer for 10 years and now I'm “finding myself”.  Taking graphic design classes at night and exploring Venice by day.

HI! I too just discovered Yo!Venice and am enjoying hearing about everything going on! I just moved here too, love Venice and feel very safe here. Our area is very friendly, people look out for each other rather than stay behind closed doors and high fences, and there are more cyclists and skateboarders around than other parts of the city which makes it even nicer!

I'm Keri.  I own this friggin' site so y'all had better behave!  

Thanks to Emil for his help with the forum and to Bret for being a fun partner to work with on Yo!

Welcome to our forum!  We hope this gives us all a chance to get to know each other (and Venice) better!

If you learn anything about CSS, maybe you can fix this blasted forum skin!

 

EmilGH said:

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My name is Emil.  I live off of Abbot Kinney.  My office is on Mildred.  And I commute on a skate board.

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Emil, you wouldn't happen to be in an office on the South side of Mildred near Pacific would you? I've always wondered what businesses had offices in a few of those buildings. My guess was product design/ad agency….eh eh eh?

Anyways, I'm Steve. I found the site becuase of the AK shooting thing too. I lived off the 90 on Centinela for awhile, then moved to Pacific and Mildred for a bit and now live off Electric and San Juan.

EmilGH said:

Emil, you wouldn't happen to be in an office on the South side of Mildred near Pacific would you? I've always wondered what businesses had offices in a few of those buildings. My guess was product design/ad agency….eh eh eh?

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Yup.  Exactly.  I'm in the building that could be a movie theatre but is decidedly NOT a movie theatre.  :)  And as for what we do… Come over some time and say “Hi”.

Awesome, I will.

I lived at the Windward Apartments across the street I always wondered who scored that space, its nice. I'm rockin the homeless lumberjack beard these days so I was hesitant to just pop my head in before, was afraid I get a face full of hot coffee . I work for Sony Imageworks in Culver City, as soon as I see a somewhat related creativey spot I am always curious.

We live here with 2 very little kids.  Itis rough even to walk on the boardwalk, with reckless skateborders and bikes that go too fast along that walk path.  We also have a very old grandfather who walks at night to and from our home.  Is it safe?  We used ot think it was.  Just small time economic crime.  I am wondering if anyone reading these posts knows an approximate number of violent crimes and drug or alcohol related accidents in Venice every year.

Thanks if you do or if you can reccomend a resource.

Hello, Yo!

coparota, this is informative…

http://www.lapdcrimemaps.org/

Hi Everyone!  Thanks for introducing yourselves!   

Coparota, the Crime Maps Zoshua linked to is really interesting.  I am not able to search specific dates on it when I use Safari - so if you have trouble, try another web browser.

Also, the LAPD Pacific Division website has a list of crime statistics and stuff.   http://www.lapdonline.org/pacific_community_police_station

Kosha said:

Hi All -

Just moved out to Venice in May from New York City.  Live a few blocks from Abbot Kinney on Broadway.  Venice was the only place that made me feel 'at home' in a New York City-neighborhood-interesting-people kind of way.  And it is by the beach.  I have loved living here, and just a few hours before the shooting had proclaimed my love of this neighborhood after having spent the day at the Festival and biking along the beach.  Despite the shooting, and the drug dealers posted on my block, I have to say I can't really complain about being here.  This blog is great, and hopefully I can continue to learn about and explore my new home!

Hi Kosha!  Welcome to Venice.  I'm from NYC as well.  I lived out here in Venice in the the late 90's and moved back a few years ago because I missed it.   Venice natives HATE to hear anyone compare Venice to NYC or hear us express how it feels like home to us.  But most people I talk to have moved here from other cities and feel the same way we do.  We live here because we love it here.  It doesn't matter if we were born here or not.  

I'm sorry that there was something as awful as a shooting within your first few months living here.  The day we closed on our house, there was a major police chase and shooting that night within a few blocks of here.  I felt like “welcome back to Venice!”  It was so much worse in the late 90's though.  

Hello all,

My name is Christopher and I just moved to Vencie this week from Chicago! Reallyu loving it so far. My main hobby is beach volleyball and I am looking to meet other players and find a place to play, I also really love to bicycle and am planning on bike commuting. Being in venice the first question that pops in my mind as a new resident is: What the heck is paddle board!

nice to meet you guys! 

Just moved to Venice a week ago, discovered this blog researching the city. It is an AWESOME blog by the way, seriously one of the best local blogs I have found for any city.

I'm self employed and work from home so I'm going to be spending a lot of time in Venice! I live on Pacific near Venice Blvd. My company helps companies and celebrities w/ online promotion using their website and social media.

Thanks to all for coming to our little corner of the web!

We had 30k page views last week alone, so people are hip to what we are all doing here in Venice all around the globe! Feel free to start your own threads asking for volleyball pals or paddle board friends and all that … that is why the forums are here.

Hi, I'm Kellee and I found this site via Steve (aka Beaver)!  I used to live on Indiana and 6th, now I'm on Westminster across from the dog park. I've lived in Venice now 2 1/2 years, been in LA 5yrs. My aunt has lived in the Venice Canals 30 years, so I learn everything about Venice and LA history from her (maybe we could organize a speaker series or somethin!). Oh yeah, and I make video games in Santa Monica, so the commute along the beach rulz.

I also moved here from NYC - I guess the neighborhood attracts us! I love the ecletic feel of the area, and I love the commitment to preserving a Venice culture. I wish there was a stronger sense of community and neighborhood pride - I mentioned this over in the “What does Venice need” conversation.  I was thinking of creating a blog/forum to help with this, and voila! Turns out you guys did it, so I'm stoked to see it grow! Have you thought about mailing postcards out to everyone in the area to let them know this is here? Or maybe an ad in the Argonaut? Great work!

Keri said:

Kosha said:

Hi All -

Just moved out to Venice in May from New York City.  Live a few blocks from Abbot Kinney on Broadway.  Venice was the only place that made me feel 'at home' in a New York City-neighborhood-interesting-people kind of way.  And it is by the beach.  I have loved living here, and just a few hours before the shooting had proclaimed my love of this neighborhood after having spent the day at the Festival and biking along the beach.  Despite the shooting, and the drug dealers posted on my block, I have to say I can't really complain about being here.  This blog is great, and hopefully I can continue to learn about and explore my new home!

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Hi Kosha!  Welcome to Venice.  I'm from NYC as well.  I lived out here in Venice in the the late 90's and moved back a few years ago because I missed it.   Venice natives HATE to hear anyone compare Venice to NYC or hear us express how it feels like home to us.  But most people I talk to have moved here from other cities and feel the same way we do.  We live here because we love it here.  It doesn't matter if we were born here or not.  

I'm sorry that there was something as awful as a shooting within your first few months living here.  The day we closed on our house, there was a major police chase and shooting that night within a few blocks of here.  I felt like “welcome back to Venice!”  It was so much worse in the late 90's though.  

Hi All,

Another NYC transplant here. Came to Venice around 3 years ago on some short term contract work and never left. I think its the energy that Venice gives off at night that I love that is so similar to NYC. It's electic. It's here and now.

All that tied in with a beach community. Gotta love it.

The bums are the same - just smarter (why would you be a bum in nyc anyway).

Cheers,
jan

I'm a 23 year old female from Wisconsin, and just moved to L.A. 2 months ago.  Been living in Venice for about a month.  I'm an actor/model/web & graphic designer/astrologer/martial artist/writer.    My major in college was Marketing, and I got laid off recently so I'm looking for a job. 

Would love to meet some cool people in the area!