Venice Beach

Splish-Splash, What's a Gourmet Bath?

Want to Buy a Rap CD on Venice Beach? You Sure?

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] The plan was simple. Head to Venice Beach, sample the mixtapes hawked by the hucksters hovering near the paddle tennis courts, pick one rapper to profile ... More >>

Venice Boardwalk Trinket Sales Ban

LAPD will decide what can be peddled as art

Lindsay Lohan Leaked Playboy Cover: As Nude and 'Classy' as Promised

TheInsider.comLarger-than-life version, below.​Sorry for caring, when there's real Los Angeles news on the line -- but the second we saw, via New York Post Tweet, that Lindsay Lohan's much-hyped Playboy cover had leaked, we couldn't help fawning over it a little. "It's a classic tribute, insp ... More >>

Coffee and Coconut Water: Yum?

In interesting drink fusion news, a pair of Venice Beach roommates just launched Coco Cafe -- a coconut water-based coffee beverage. Elan Eifer and Brian McCaslin, who became roommates when they met on Craigslist, took Eifer's habit of mixing coconut water with his morning coffee to a new level and ... More >>

VIDEO: Redondo Beach Kayaker Nearly Overturned by Massive Blue Whale

MrRJCtube via YouTubeA kayak's worst nightmare​Whale-watching enthusiasts have been jizzing their wetsuits over the latest handheld footage of a big California blue off the coast of Redondo Beach. The video was shot by YouTube user MrRJCtube, who happened upon his gorgeous specimen while kaya ... More >>

Mr. and Mrs. Muscle Beach

MrRJCtube via YouTubeA kayak's worst nightmare​Whale-watching enthusiasts have been jizzing their wetsuits over the latest handheld footage of a big California blue off the coast of Redondo Beach. The video was shot by YouTube user MrRJCtube, who happened upon his gorgeous specimen while kaya ... More >>

Venice Art Walls, Living Canvases on the Beach, Turn 50

A cross-section of the wall​ It takes a lot to call attention to yourself at Venice Beach. Then again, sometimes all you have to do is stand around for half a century. This year, the iconic art walls of Venice Beach -- 3,120 square feet of concrete canvas that beckon to the artist like a si ... More >>

Homeless in Venice: Travelers Come for the California Dream and Stay for the Concrete (VIDEO)

Sam SlovickWhen Sava D hugs Tim, he feels right at home.​ It's another postcard day at Venice Beach, the Washington Square Park of L.A. Aging kooks and crackpots in an eternal time warp freely express themselves like it's 1967. There's a guy in a leopard bikini with the rubber snakes, a dude ... More >>

Swans: Forever Changes

Prodigal son Michael Gira returns to L.A. with more Swans music

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- The Unbearable Heaviness of Cookbooks. [Zester Daily] -- The joy of cooking squirrel. [The Ethicurean] -- Today's federal programs make you long for the Depression. [Mark Bittman] -- Seriously, What Is Up With These Pistachio Ads? [Grub Street] -- Divorce Cakes: 10 Outrageous Confections. [Hu ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Michael Voltaggio to open Ink next year. [Daily Dish] -- Jose Andres blasts Congress over pending school lunch bill. [Chicago Tribune] -- Just one dish: District's spam sliders. [Eating L.A.] -- Divided We Eat, on class and food in America. [Newsweek] -- T minus 3: A laid-back guide to Tha ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Want marital bliss? Take up wine-making. [The Wall Street Journal] -- The Patriots give out free candy, or How to Ruin Halloween. ("Absent the helmet, my kid's Viking costume now resembles wardrobe from Riverdance. And that may be the greatest indignity of all.") [The Awl] -- Get-out-the-vote l ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Michael Ruhlman has something to say. [White on Rice Couple] -- The Tap Room, The Royce and the Best Bar Snack Ever. [Chow Balla] -- Consider the dumpling. Of course we will. [The Guardian] -- Restaurants' Best Press: 'Bill Clinton Ate Here.' [The New York Times] -- Top 10 Unique Food-The ... More >>

Wurstküche To Open Second Location in Venice Beach

Eddy Espina PhotographyA Meal at Wurstküche​ When it comes to sausages, one might think of chicken, pork or turkey fillings. But what about buffalo and chipotle? Duck and jalapeno? Alligator and andouille? It's exactly these unlikely flavors combinations that have propelled downtown L.A.'s W ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Patt Saperstein eats hoppers and other Sri Lankan treats at Angeli Caffe's most recent Street Food Monday. [Eating L.A.] -- A visit to Izayoi in Little Tokyo, jack of all trades but master of none. [Exile Kiss] -- No fuss, good service, and solid food at Golden China Restaurant in Rowland Heigh ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- A recipe for salted butter chocolate chip cookies. [David Lebovitz] -- Live lobster, crab, giant shrimp, geoduck, fish, and more at Sea Harbour in San Gabriel Valley. [Exile Kiss] -- Dose of Vitamin P: Bludso's Pork Ribs. [Food GPS] -- John Sedlar's new menu(s) at Rivera. [Gourmet Pigs] -- R ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Silver Lake's wild yeast man, breadmaker Mark Stambler. [Eating L.A.] -- So much for David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay opening a pub in L.A. Hey, what's Diego Maradona up to these days? [Grub Street] -- Mooi in Echo Park to host Community Supported Agriculture on Tuesdays. [Daily Dish] -- Are ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- The invention of the pub library: Gyopar, a Communist-era pub outside Budapest. [Reuters] -- Tarte Tatin bakery, coming soon to Beverly Hills. [Grub Street] -- If you're still hungry after watching Mad Men's season premier last night: a recipe for Chicken Kiev. [Eatocracy] -- Why mini cows ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/19-7/23

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Even the third or fourth time around, Fu-ga seems like a discovery, a small piece of a better downtown preserved 20 feet underground."

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- What to do if there's a fly in your soup? [Bon Appetit] -- Indo Kitchen: Eat, Pray, Meh. [Eating L.A.] -- The mysterious case of the Ikea Tabasco thieves. [Stick A Fork In It] -- The Hottest Restaurant in Paris. [David Lebovitz] -- "We're all out of cookies. Sorry." And other lies parents co ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Maury Rubin's Birdbath Bakery not opening after all. [Eater LA] -- Cookware shops in Paris. [David Lebovitz] -- Supporting our local food trucks in the face of a call for increased regulations. [Eating L.A.] -- A review of Tacos El Rocky. [LA Taco] -- Geoff Nicholson reviews Anthony Bourd ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs

-- Cocktails @ The Tasting Kitchen. [Naked Sushi] -- Op Fed: Remembrances of Food Past. [Eat: Los Angeles] -- The World Cup at Guelaguetza: Mexican Glory And Chef Ludo. [Teenage Glutster] -- Dean Sin World - Dim Sum, Dumplings, and a Dating Epiphany. [The Delicious Life] -- The Future of Food T ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- The reason why fat servers get better tips. [Slashfood] -- Pat Saperstein checks out Eagle Rock's new Four Cafe. [Eating L.A.] -- Martha Stewart hangs with Sarah Palin. No word on who shot what for dinner. [The Martha Blog] -- A recipe for cowboy beans a new book deal. [MattBites] -- Hot ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs

-- Creating Chinese cafeteria food at home. [Naked Sushi] -- 3 Los Angeles finalists make it to The Next Food Network Star. [Daily Dish] -- Clipping coupons in the San Gabriel Valley. [Sinosoul] -- Where to find hidden patios for warm weather dining. [Eat: Los Angeles] -- Osama bin Lager and ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs

-- Santa Monica bar The Joker gets raided after employees and customers sold coke to undercover agents. [Grub Street] -- Playing Maj Jongg, with a little wine and cheese. [Food, she thought] -- Pat Saperstein stops by the preview party for Private Chefs of Beverly Hills. [Eating L.A.] -- OC Weekl ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs

-- Food GPS goes for goat at Bulrocho [Food GPS] -- Pat Saperstein takes a tour of Latin American desserts [Eating LA] -- Zach Brooks tries Ciudad's lunch special [Midtown Lunch LA] -- Bill Esparza finds the real food of Baja in Sun Valley [Street Gourmet LA] -- ExileKiss dips into the sakes at ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs

-- Exile Kiss ventures into Tibet Nepal House [Exile Kiss] -- Bandini's breakdown of the Flying Pig Truck [Daily Taco] -- MattBites defends food stylists, "motor oil" [MattBites] -- A look at Ben Baily's Petrossian [Two Hungry Pandas} -- The chopsticks wander through Little Saigon [Wandering Cho ... More >>

COREY HAIM'S FINEST WORK?

-- Exile Kiss ventures into Tibet Nepal House [Exile Kiss] -- Bandini's breakdown of the Flying Pig Truck [Daily Taco] -- MattBites defends food stylists, "motor oil" [MattBites] -- A look at Ben Baily's Petrossian [Two Hungry Pandas} -- The chopsticks wander through Little Saigon [Wandering Cho ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Pat Saperstein checks out the new Tip Top (banh mi! gelato!) location in Rosemead. [Eating L.A.] -- Laurent Torondel leaves his own empire. [Daily Dish] -- Expats from Chile gather at Rincon Chileno in the wake of the recent devastating Chilean earthquake. [Grub Street] -- Andrew Knowlton disc ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Oprah rebuilds her television set out of chocolate. No word on how much of it she ate. [Grub Street] -- The White Stuff: an author's exploration (in Gastronomica) of his mother's all-white eating habits. [Psycho-Gourmet] -- Biking the L.A. River, but with food. [Eating L.A.] -- Ubuntu's former ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Cooking oysters with lemon air and egg 63 with Marcel Vigneron (and Ludo) at Sur la Table. (foodshethought) -- Love your food truck enough to get the name tattooed on your arm? Kogi's Roy Choi does. [Deep End Dining] -- Chin-Ma-Ya in Little Tokyo, or where to go if the line at Daikokuya is too ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Celebrating the Marino family and their restaurants. [e*starLA] -- Goody's in San Gabriel shutters. [LA Observed] -- Haitian Libations Charity Event on February 6th at Vertical Wine Bistro. [Mattatouille] -- Robbie Burns' Address to a Haggis. [Deep End Dining] -- Ruth Reichl, The Movie? (Seco ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Just can't take any more of Bret Favre? (Okay, wishful thinking.) Where to go to Avoid The Superbowl. [Grub Street] -- Food blogging from Taipei. [Potatomato] -- A goat terrorizes a gentleman's club. (Your old goat joke here ______.) [Eater LA] -- Brain to penis dining with Sinosoul ("yes, I a ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Matt Armendariz gets inside a pastry box. [MattBites] -- From Good Bite, Top 10 Most Disturbing Foods. Blech. [Good Bite] -- Pat Saperstein on Viet food truck Eat Phamish. [Eating L.A.] -- Eddie Lin cooks an Avatar fish. Well, make that a parrot goby. [Deep End Dining] -- A Vegan Superbowl S ... More >>

LAND OF A 1,000 DANCES

-- Matt Armendariz gets inside a pastry box. [MattBites] -- From Good Bite, Top 10 Most Disturbing Foods. Blech. [Good Bite] -- Pat Saperstein on Viet food truck Eat Phamish. [Eating L.A.] -- Eddie Lin cooks an Avatar fish. Well, make that a parrot goby. [Deep End Dining] -- A Vegan Superbowl S ... More >>

Today in Photographs: August 13, 1987

​End of the Trail: "Sonny Zero," a thirtysomething man who has been homeless "for years," rests on Venice Beach. "Somebody has got to do something," he was quoted in the original newspaper story.Chris Gulker, LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

Meet Sunny War: A Country Blues Singer Who Transcends Time

Sunny War In this week's print edition, LA Weekly presents an introduction to singer and guitarist Sunny War, who maybe you've seen busking at Venice Beach or at the Sunday morning Hollywood Farmer's Market. War, who draws on country blues and folk music to create her uniquely American sound, is yo ... More >>

Red, White and Glute

Sunny War In this week's print edition, LA Weekly presents an introduction to singer and guitarist Sunny War, who maybe you've seen busking at Venice Beach or at the Sunday morning Hollywood Farmer's Market. War, who draws on country blues and folk music to create her uniquely American sound, is yo ... More >>

LA People 2009: Rock and Soul — Kevin Morgan

Erecting stone sculptures along the ocean, remembering the lost souls of Venice Beach

The Oxford American Profiles Longtime Venice Beach Singing Duo/Public Access stars Elton and Betty White

Longtime Venice residents and fans of L.A. public access television would be advised to pick up this month's fantastic Oxford American. In its consistently great annual music issue, the longtime Southern literary and culture magazine devotes a big chunk of ink to longtime Venice Beach singing duo E ... More >>

Best Body Trend: Flesh

Longtime Venice residents and fans of L.A. public access television would be advised to pick up this month's fantastic Oxford American. In its consistently great annual music issue, the longtime Southern literary and culture magazine devotes a big chunk of ink to longtime Venice Beach singing duo E ... More >>

The Groundlings, Your Body and You

Longtime Venice residents and fans of L.A. public access television would be advised to pick up this month's fantastic Oxford American. In its consistently great annual music issue, the longtime Southern literary and culture magazine devotes a big chunk of ink to longtime Venice Beach singing duo E ... More >>

The Breast of Times

Longtime Venice residents and fans of L.A. public access television would be advised to pick up this month's fantastic Oxford American. In its consistently great annual music issue, the longtime Southern literary and culture magazine devotes a big chunk of ink to longtime Venice Beach singing duo E ... More >>

Sri Dance Company's Version of the Mahabharata

A new take on a classic Hindu saga

L.A.’s Survival of the Sexiest

A new take on a classic Hindu saga

Think Pink

Edited by Kateri Butler

Sun Dialogue

A couple of hotheads take on summer’s wily charms

Hit the Beach!

Cops swarm Venice; residents flee

Portraits of L.A. 1998

Cops swarm Venice; residents flee