It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
IRONMEN
Bodybuilders pose-off during the 2009 Muscle Beach International Classic at Venice's Muscle Beach on Sunday, May 25, 2008.
PUSH
Bryon Brubaker, 46, bench presses 600 lbs. during the United States Powerlifting Federation's Muscle Beach Powerlifting Championship at Venice Beach on Sunday, May 24, 2009. Brubaker won the 220 weight class in the Benchpress Only division and received the 'Best Lifter Award.'
HEAVE
Arizona Army National Guard Keith Mitchell, 40, deadlifts 699lbs during the United States Powerlifting Federation's Military Nationals Powerlifting Championship at Venice Beach on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Mitchell bench pressed 457 lbs, squatted 695 lbs and deadlifted 699 for a total of 1851 lbs and won the powerlifting championship and received the 'Best Lifter Award.'
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
(top) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives at Santa Monica College on Thursday, May 21, 2009, to speak to speech Professor Nancy Grass Hemmert's class. (center) Deirdre Weaver (right to left) Santa Monica College Police Chief Dr. Albert Vasquez, SMC speech Professor Nancy Grass Hemmert and SMC President Dr. Chui Tsang welcome California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. (above) Santa Monica College speech Professor Nancy Grass Hemmert gives California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger her book, 'Public Speaking in American English: A Guide for Non-Native Speakers' after Governor Schwarzenegger spoke to her class at SMC on Thursday, May 21, 2009.
NICE CATCH
(top) Aerialist Elizabeth Feldman performs on the silksat the Los Angeles Trapeze School during the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's monthly mixer on Wednesday , May 20, 2009. (center) Aerialist Efe Ilkay catches Elizabeth Feldman during the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce monthly mixer. (above) Efe Ilkay catches Jonathon Conan, owner of Los Angeles Trapeze School.
RED LOBSTER
Aerospace Engineer, Wayne Brooks, 52, flies his giant inflatable red lobster kite at Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, May 10, 2009, during Mothers Day.
Kevin Kuklish
Kevin Kuklish, who hails from Coilorado, sings and plays the guitar at the Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.
Sideshow at the Pier
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More than one hundred entertainers perform during 'Sideshow at the Pier' on Saturday, May 16, 2009. Sideshow at the Pier is part of an ongoing centennial celebration which is an eclectic event that celebrates the roots (and midway spirit) of the Pier with show stopping performances from the largest gathering of variety acts, circus artists, vaudevillians and buskers seen on the Santa Monica Pier in a hundred years.