Patrice Martinez, the gregarious and kind owner of the French Market Cafe, who has brightened my day for years and years, has passed away. I still have chills. I can’t bear to […]
Michael Linder Puts Venice Radio On The Air
By CJ Gronner Venice has its own brand new radio station now, folks – KVB, online at KVB.FM, streaming dance tunes and Venice news and fun stuff, 24 hours a day. I […]
First Friday Reboots, Without Food Trucks
By CJ Gronner Venice was a real village this past weekend. A real small town vibe permeated all the proceedings, beginning with First Fridays. The Abbot Kinney merchants finally banded together to […]
A Venice Holiday
By CJ Gronner Our hard core Christmas baking day, a verrrry serious annual tradition, fell on Sunday this year. Things began to fall apart even before I awoke on Sunday morning to […]
Hard Times Get Harder – Homeless Meals Cancelled
By CJ Gronner I am absolutely thankful every single day in Venice. I’m grateful to live in a place where our community cares for each other, for our surroundings, and staunchly supports […]
Two Views of the Other Venice Film Festival: Soccermom: The Movie
By CJ Gronner The weekend was another one of those gloomy, mist all day scenarios, which actually made it perfect to tuck inside and catch some film. As The Other Venice Film […]
The Abbot Kinney Festival
By CJ Gronner Abbot Kinney Festival day always feels like a real holiday in Venice. That crackling, electric buzz in the air, some traditional stuff that happens every year, and that rushing […]
Advertures Along the Venice Art Crawl
By CJ Gronner Last month was the second Venice Art Crawl, and everyone absolutely adored it. I kept hearing, “This is how First Fridays USED to be!” all evening, and they were […]
First Friday, for Who?
By CJ Gronner ‘On my last First Friday I realized this: There are way too many food trucks, they are so marginally talented and they need to drive to Bakersfield and stay […]
Who’s the Boob?
Women – and Men – have nipples!!! Why should Women have to hide theirs? … Said the sign on the Boardwalk last week held up by a man with his own impressive […]
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