By Ian Lovett
We start the walk back up 20th Pl. “I’m looking for a dresser, for my van,” Roger says. “Hopefully closer to Rose.” We don’t touch anything on this street. Most of the dumpster lids here hang open, raided of anything of potential value. Some of the worst crack addicts hang out on this [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Feature’
November 1, 2009
On the Boardwalk – Treasure Maps
June 1, 2009
Suzy Williams, Venice Songbird
By Jim Smith
Perhaps you’ve seen Suzy Williams peddling down your street on a flower-festooned bicycle named Gladus. Just another Venetian with pink hair going about her business in our community.
But if you’ve seen Suzy at night when she comes alive in a cabaret, bar or at a party, you know you’re seeing the Venice Queen [...]
June 1, 2009
Venice in the 1960s: A Series of Circles
By Lisa Marguerite Mora
Maria was a large woman, a round body, a series of circles. She scared me. But not because she was fat. It was because when she looked at you, it was like she could see not only who you were trying to be, but who you really were. Her eyes were blue [...]
March 1, 2009
Diana Rodgers and the M.V. Farmer’s Market
By Erica Snowlake
For this special Women’s Day feature, I choose to honor one of my favorite Goddessess, Gaea, (pronounced Gee-uh), our beloved home planetary Being, who guides our harmonic destinies in her nurturing role as the Garden, and one of her eco-conscious, devoted mid-wives, Diana Rodgers of the Mar Vista Farmer’s Market Association. This vibrant [...]
June 1, 2008
June 2008 – Welcome To Summer In Venice – A Guide For Visitors And Residents
By Jim Smith
Summer in Venice is hectic and thrilling. It’s an all day carnival of the crazy, the craven and the conniving. It’s a place where you can have experiences that will change your life. Just being in Venice has brought enlightenment to thousands, and thousands more have found the love of their life. At [...]
June 1, 2008
June 2008 – How Others See Us: Another Kind of Life
By Peter Rajchert
(I recently visited Venice for the first time and found myself immediately drawn to its community. I live in Canada, but hope to return with my fiancée some time soon, whenever that may be. – Peter)
It wasn’t the last stop for the 704 but everyone was getting off and I did too. Maybe [...]
June 1, 2008
June 2008 – How Others See Us: Venice is seedy?
By Clare Kitchen (from London, UK)
An LA resident told me that ‘Venice is seedy and a home of weirdos and don’t go.’ Being curious I went this week, stayed a night and found it to be full of warm welcoming people and a ‘seed bed’ for creativity. What I find ‘seedy and weird’ about LA [...]
May 1, 2008
May 2008 – Jingles Celebrates 34 Years Of Free Speech On Ocean Front Walk
Jingles brought his message that “Meat Is Murder” and his advocacy of a vegan lifestyle to the Boardwalk in 1974.
Since then, he has talked to countless people, convincing some to treat animals with respect, and not eat them. “Young people and women are the most receptive to something new,” says Jingles, who was holding forth [...]
January 1, 2008
January 2008 – Here Come The Venice Papaprazzi!
By Karl Abrams
Whether it’s a local red carpet event with cameras flashing or a Venetian bohemian reading poetry on the beach, the photographers of the Venice Paparazzi will probably be there, enthusiastically snapping spontaneous photos that are, if you have no objections, blended together into a beautifully crafted internet web site (venicepaparazzi.com) for all to [...]
