Venice Beach

Today was a gorgeous (and I mean gorgeous!) day here, and we decided to head up to Venice Beach to walk away the afternoon.  We'd never been there before, but I'd heard it could be a, well, interesting place. It sure lived up to our expectations! We saw Muscle Beach, public graffiti walls, some very impressive skateboarders,and enough medical marijuana "clinics" to make your head spin. But we also got to see some really incredible artists' wares, got in some fantastic people-watching, and just really enjoyed an afternoon in the sunshine.

And then there was this guy.

First of all, I can only imagine how quickly I'd end up in a body cast if I even attempted to do something like this. But who came up with this idea? "Hmmm... Let's take an enormous hula hoop and spin around in it like a human top!" Uh, no.