I’ve been taking my new long board out on the boardwalk (well, cement walk is more accurate) in Venice quite a bit lately. I thought that I’d seen it all on the streets of New York City, but Venice, California is certainly a place all to it’s own. Beautiful sunsets, spray painted palm trees and people doing just about anything for a hand-out make Venice an interesting and very unique place to live.

A few friends from back east have asked “what’s it like in Venice?”, so yesterday I decided to take a camera along for a sunset cruise. I enjoyed snapping photos down there, so expect more to come…

…and a restaurant recommendation from last night:

Locanda del Lago (Santa Monica, CA) – I can’t believe that I passed this place on the Promenade in Santa Monica so many times and just noticed it. Excellent Northern Italian cuisine. I had the salt-encrusted sea bass, which they prepare at the table by carefully cracking and lifting off the chunks of salt that are piled on it as it cooks. It gave a whole new meaning to “melts in your mouth”. Thanks for the recommendation, Tony!