In this photo taken Feb. 12, 2010, Ibrahim Butler offers a freshly painted art work on hemp burlap coffee bean bags at the Ocean Front Walk in the Venice district of Los Angeles. Sand and surf are the least of the attractions making Venice Beach one of Los Angeles' top tourist draws. On summer weekends, some 150,000 exhibitionists and gawkers flock to the neighborhood to see and be seen in a Bohemian rhapsody of bongo-bangers, dreadlocked artists and acrobatic gymnasts.
Musician Harry Perry, twangs an electric guitar as he rollerblades up and down the Venice Beach boardwalk garbed in a turban and tunic in Los Angeles. Sand and surf are the least of the attractions making Venice Beach one of Los Angeles' top tourist draws. On summer weekends, some 150,000 exhibitionists and gawkers flock to the neighborhood to see and be seen in a Bohemian rhapsody of bongo-bangers, dreadlocked artists and acrobatic gymnasts
Vendor Mike Hunt demonstrates his shea butter soap, which he says is part of his "social message" touting the benefits of natural African products and being African-American, part of his heritage, at the Ocean Front Walk in the Venice district of Los Angeles. Sand and surf are the least of the attractions making Venice Beach one of Los Angeles' top tourist draws. On summer weekends, some 150,000 exhibitionists and gawkers flock to the neighborhood to see and be seen in a Bohemian rhapsody of bongo-bangers, dreadlocked artists and acrobatic gymnasts.
In this photo taken Feb. 12, 2010, A fortune-teller and artist sells her artwork at the Ocean Front Walk in the Venice district of Los Angeles. Sand and surf are the least of the attractions making Venice Beach one of Los Angeles' top tourist draws. On summer weekends, some 150,000 exhibitionists and gawkers flock to the neighborhood to see and be seen in a Bohemian rhapsody of bongo-bangers, dreadlocked artists and acrobatic gymnasts.
