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!

Been in Venice just over a year now.  Love it!  Love the blog. 
Came from SF where we were for 3 years.  East coast before that. 
Learning to surf and loving that. 
Otherwise spend time running and biking on the boardwalk and working on the house.  it's a fixer upper. 

Hi,

 I have lived in Venice for 23 years, in Malibu before that. All four of my grandparents were born in Los Angeles. I live in the silver triangle. Talk about dreading tourist season – or as I have fondly come to think of it the season of being a giant trash bin. Is it really necessary to stuff your big gulp cups into peoples hedges & pee on their front doors? Honestly!  I would find the tourists much more endearing if they could manage to refrain from driveway blocking, littering, vandalizing,  toileting on private property & sometimes even terrorizing. :p  Truly though, I love where I live, which would kinda make sense seeing as how I've not moved elsewhere.  I found this website when I was googling for information about that annoying helicopter hovering over my house & probing my windows with it's  sad little searchlight on the 15th. I knew it wasn't a police aircraft but had no idea why it was flying so low & hovering for two hours in the same spot. I'm pretty sure it was breaking some sort of FAA regulations as it was hovering well under 1000 feet.  When I aimed my camcorder at it the heli skedaddled pretty quickly but I'm pretty sure that was just coincidence & it was getting ready to move on anyway. Thanx for this website, what a wonderful resource for Venetians. =^.^=

I've lived in Venice since 2002, but been living in LA since '96.   I put on music shows with several local music acts.  I love Venice!  It's the land of misfit toys, the only place I call home.

You're joking, yes?

My girlfriend saw a link called Cougars and sent it to me….  Since she thinks i am a Cougar, i was REALLY…..  So i watch the first episode.

and thought to myself thats silly and i am not a Cougar….  Then my girlfriend Danniel sent me the second episode of Cougar and asked if

that was me running on the beach, at first i ignored the message.. and i looked sure enough that was me… at first i was pisssed off….. caught

me off guard filming me, and that is not the first….   But i guess its kinda funny at least that cant see my face.  So HA Ha…

Size,

You can't live in a snow globe and neither can Venice. I moved here over 15 years ago and it was different. Now it is different again. In 15 years there will be people who miss the days when RVs were all over the streets of Venice, and pirates burned and looted our possessions.

I guess the tough part of the change is fighting for the things you believe belong in the community.

But you can't rally against change it is inevitable in every community.

Hi all,

I just found this site and now I'll be checing it everyday.

I have lived in Venice for over 25 years and recently retired from a local police department.  I love Venice and was born and raised here.  I love the residents, but know that law enforcement isn't very loved here.

If there are any questions as far as law enforcement, policies, crime trends or any of the such, I can most likely add some insight.  I can also try to help explain why LAPD and their officers do what they do when they do it.

I'm all ears, but be a little respectful of the law is all I ask.  Before you jump to conclusions, ask.

Hope to have fun with all you for years to come.

VeniceCopper.

Welcome Venice Copper!  We'l look forward to your perspective.  A little clarity can really help gain some perspective.