Tag: Los Angeles

Shock and awe on Venice Beach

Venice Beach, CA

It looked like California, it smelt like California. The liquidity of the ocean matched by the fluidity of the people. Venice Beach  in Los Angeles could be the ultimate location for people-watching. It’s all here. There’s practically  no one on the beach itself but all forms of life are on display on the Boardwalk– the

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Laurel Canyon

The whole trip was a surprise. We stayed in Laurel Canyon, the legendary hideout of seventies rock stars, in a house once the residence of Neil Young. A few houses down the road was the site of Frank Zappa’s barn, the epicentre of the Canyon community.