Children play with bubbles at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, August 3, 2006. Tim Dillenbeck, also known as the ‘Bubble Man,’ blows bubbles for the children using his self-designed bubble machine. He uses about 10 gallons of bubble mix per day entertaining  the beach crowds. Dillenbeck, has been blowing bubbles on the Santa Monica Pier for the past 10 years.