It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

FIXIN' IT

Bicycle technician 'Hippie Dave,' 53, replaces spokes at Sea Mist Rentals at Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Sea Mist Rentals is the oldest bicycle rental shop in Santa Monica dating back to 1978. Bikes rent for $6 an hour or $15 all day. Repairs are also available.

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Great Egret

A  Great Egret (Ardea alba), eats a lizard at Will Rogers State Beach on Wednesday, January, 6, 2010.

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ONE-MAN-SHOW

Arthur Nakane, a one-man-band  performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, January 3, 2010. Nakane has been performing as a solo act for 33 years. He can perform up to seven instruments at one time; an electric guitar, he has a drum machine for drum beat affects, plays keyboards with the tip of his guitar, plays the harmonica and the electric kazoo, shakes the tambourine and maracas, strikes symbols and sings duets by himself with on-the-spot recording.
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SMOOTH SAILING

A boat sails north in Santa Monica Bay on Monday, December 28, 2009.
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CLOSING SHOP

Los Angeles County Lifeguard Sean Young closes his station amid the thick fog at Santa Monica Beach on Thursday, January 7, 2010.

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PARADISE

Sunset at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, January, 6, 2010.
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ROPE CLIMB

Javan Petiollo, 33, climbs the rope at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach on Wednesday, January, 6, 2010.

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Zeppelin 

Passengers get an aerial tour of Santa Monica on Airship Ventures' Zeppelin on Wednesday, January, 6, 2010.

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