Venice Beach,Santa Monica Pier,& The 'Bu 2!

So on Thursday, Rocio and I decided to go down to Venice Beach and then to Santa Monica Pier. It was awesome!! We got to Venice Beach around 10 AM. IT WAS COOOOLD!!!!! What the hell is that?? I am in CA, on the beach, in August...and its COLD??? What??!!?? So what do I do? Go to the souvenir shops, of course! :-) I had to play up the tourist image and buy a long sleeve, red shirt that has "LIFEGUARD + VENICE BEACH." And then I had to buy 1 for Kainaan that matches. he will be the little hottie acting as 'lifeguard' soon enough! :-) And what else can I say about Venice Beach...whatever you are thinking about it, it true! The movies are spot on with this place. Its full of FREAKS!! I mean really, New Orleans has NOTHING on Venice Beach. But it was cool to walk down the sidewalk, pass all the beggars, bikers, druggies, and homeless. I highly recommend anyone go...its a great experience! Be sure to go to the Muscle Beach Gym that's right there on the beach, like right there in the middle of the chaos. Its got old, nasty, stuck-in-the-80's guys...its got mean-looking ones, and it even has some hot ones...don't believe me? :-) Check out the picture:

The hot ones...LOL!

Check out the blue shorts...he was OLD and NASTY!

So, back to my story...HEY! Girls I said back to my story, stop looking at the hotties! :-)

We left Venice "Weirdo" Beach, we went to a restaurant, Gladstone's, in "The 'Bu" You know? Malibu? :-) Wow! Am I starting to talk like the people here? :-) It was right on the beach, very cool. So after some yummy crab bisque in a bread bowl, we were off to Santa Monica Pier! I even got to ride on the PCH, the Pacific Coast Highway. Unfortunately, it was very cloudy so the visibility was low. It got a little better at the pier. While there, we road the Famous Farris Wheel! It was so fun! I got a cool poster with Kainaan's name on it. The guy draws them in like 5 minutes and its so pretty! I can't wait to frame it! After we walked around as little while longer, it was time to go.
We had a loooong busy day, and we still had the 2 kids to get and take care of. Well, I am adding lots of pictures again! So sit back, relax, and enjoy the pictures!

ITS COOOLLDDDD!!!!!!

Graffiti...on everything, but could be very pretty.

Grrrrrrr!!!!!

Look! Lifeguards like Baywatch!

Venice Beach Walkway. And a very talented local artist trying to clean it up.

The true meaning of: Beach Bum. I know, its sometimes sad stories...

Is this THE Hotel California that The Eagles sing about??

The PCH!! Groovy!! :-)

And this the actual road!

The seaside Restaurant in "The 'Bu."

LOOK! Its Malibu Beach behind me! Where are the celebrities??

Pretty good food, service sucked!

Santa Monica Pier...

Its Me! My 1st Santa Monica Experience!

These trees were really cool!

Yay! I am finally here!

My 1st step onto the Famous Pier!!

The famous indoor Carousel!

Kainaan's poster being made!

Can you see his name spelled in it?? Neat, huh?

Getting ready to ride the Farris Wheel.

Looks pretty high!

A view from the top of the ride!

Rocio hanging on for dear life!

Another view from the top! Are you scared?? :-)

This holds up all of that weight?? Holy crap!!

Leaving with an awesome view!! (that's very smoggy)