SLOLIF

another nice and easy day to another nice and easy day. i do have things to do but i will be doing them nice and easy . . . i always have tomorrow.

here are a few images from yesterday at Hermosa Beach. more later with photos from the CSN&Y and The Doors' cover bands. and more photos from the last day of the Fiesta Hermosa. and the surfers. and the waves. maybe a few dogs. and maybe a few other things that caught my eye.

standing on Hermosa Beach pier and looking north

looking south in the direction i live

life at the beach

paddle surfer catching and riding a beautiful wave

beach bike parking (unofficial)

got sumo?

he was in the middle of a 360

still saturday but not so still and definitely not so quiet

it was a beautiful day for the Fiesta Hermosa. i took the bus up PCH getting off at the library to turn in an overdue book on Scotland . . . almost forgot about the Jazz on a Summer's Day in Edinburgh exactly one month ago, didn't you. that was a beautiful day also. from the library i walked to Hermosa Beach. lots of sun and that green color wave i like, lots of people, lots of arts and crafts, and lots of music.

a little bit of Castles Made of Sand by Jimi Hendrix channeled thru Dani Robinson of Stone Free Experience

let's just say i was very close to the stage, the speakers. i had to work a little to get this "sunstar" off the speaker and Jimi but i think it came out nicely. i took many many photos of this Jimi Hendrix tribute band. i remember seeing them a few years ago. never a big big fan of Jimi Hendrix (i like him but just don't know many of his songs nor do i own any of his albums or cds but i feel it's time to get one or two) but this guy, Dani Robinson can play the guitar and seems to sound like what i think of when i think of Jimi Hendrix. does that make sense? i had planned to leave around 5pm so i could walk back to the Redondo Beach Pier for their last concert of the summer featuring the Hula Monsters but this band was too entertaining to leave. the sun set on my way to Redondo Beach but i was able to see the last 30 minutes of the Hula Monsters.

here are a few more moments from this beautiful Labor Day Weekend saturday in southern california. more tomorrow with the sunset.

that green

Stone Free Experience

Fiesta Hermosa and more

another beautiful day at the beach.   the Fiesta Hermosa started yesterday but the band i wanted to see played from 11am to 2pm today so i took the bus and then skated to Hermosa Beach to see Pretzel Logic, "your Steely Dan revue".  they were excellent as always.  after their final set, i skated up to Manhattan Beach to see/hear a very talented singer/guitar player named David Aldo.  he has a very beautiful voice. not sure why there wasn't more people listening to him. he covered some favorite singers of mine as well as singing some of his one that were quite good.  after he finished i went back to the Manhattan Beach pier area to see some beach volleyball before skating back to Hermosa to see Space Oddity, a David Bowie tribute band.  they were fun and a big crowd favorite. i left after a few songs as i still needed to skate back to Redondo Beach and catch the bus home.  the blue sky began turning gray around 4pm.  that's some of the highlights from this Labor Day Weekend sunday.  the last day of august has almost come and gone and september will be here soon. tomorrow, officially my 3-month vacation starts. more about that as the days go by.

Pretzel Logic 

David Aldo

Space Oddity