By the Coast
Los Angeles's Venice Beach is a people-watching wonderland. The eclectic weekend and summer hotspot includes over 3 miles of carnivalesque boardwalk where street performers, skateboarders, tourists, and sunbathers mix against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean. The neighborhood is illustrative of the laid back California lifestyle and spirit of self expression. Performers and street-art, jugglers, comedians, dancers, weightlifters, preachers, artists, musicians, magicians, fortune-tellers, actors and mimes form throngs of nearly 150,000 people found enjoying the spectacle on weekends and throughout the summer. The goings-on can viewed from home, live from the area's famous Sidewalk Cafe webcam.
