Dogtown Ink

Venice location of great AIDS charity thrift store. Great stuff. Great cause. Tax deductible. Drive around back to drop off donations.

220 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 392-5751
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Definitely a throw back. Kitschy, movie-Moroccan decor, handmade (while you watch) tortillas for the table, rumpus room bar, okay eats.

Good for the ‘wood, from jungle gyms and kiddy swings to sports fields with bright lights for night games.

On the beach just south of the pier. The full compliment of playground paraphernalia: swings, climbing ropes, monkey bars, a padded deck…rings even. Nearby restrooms. Grassy gymnastics field. Definitely enough stuff to tire out your brood.

Attention anyone who has ever seen those colorful, cartoon-cut-out doves that dangle from power lines over busy intersections from here to San Francisco, NYC and even London: Could Brown, the enigmatic, young street artist behind the berds (his werd), be using them to basically flip the bird?

Researchers studying ultra-hip do-it-yourself (D.I.Y.) culture have confirmed the worst suspicions of many D.I.Y.ers come lately: It’s a royal pain in the ass and the results usually suck.

“Again and again we see PETA defending chinchillas from being skinned for hooker furs, or raving about all the lipstick being put on pigs by the beauty industry. Yet there’s a resounding silence where bigfeet are concerned.”

Former anesthesiologist-to-the-stars and distant Amy Winehouse relative Nigel Gaye-Lewis has offered an explanation for the suspicious white stuff so often photographed around the soul singer’s nose.

If surfing is the new golf—and I think we can all agree that it kinda is—then Venice is one of those hardscrabble city courses. Balthustrol the breakwater ain’t…

1811 Ocean Front Walk
#D, 2nd Fl
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 823-2909
Boardwalk cannabis club.