Merry Christmas From the Left Coast!

The Hound of Christmas

Watched a crazy movie the other night with some of the old SNL cast, “Mixed Nuts.” They were in the movie, not in our living room watching with us. Actually Doris purchased it the night before on “Movies On Demand” for a buck ninety-eight and for that price it’s yours to watch as many times as you want for 24 hours. Well, she wanted to get her money’s worth, so she insisted that I watch it with her again. Not bad, three viewings (she twice) work out to 66 cents each. Dim the lights, throw in a little microwave popcorn, couple of Dr. Peppers and you have a cheap date.

The film is shot along California’s Venice Beach Boardwalk, one of the craziest places on this planet, and with a Christmas theme, which makes it even crazier. Roller blading Santa’s, skate boarding snowmen, palm reading elves, pipers piping and a partridge in a pear tree make it even zanier. If you’ve never been there, Venice Beach should go on the top of your bucket list, Christmas time if possible.

It is so California and one of my favorite places. Walking down the boardwalk one December I shot the above picture. And I swear it was a window in the same building featured in “Mixed Nuts,” minus the hound. Love it! Guess that’s why they call it "The Left Coast."

Merry Christmas!

joeNdoris (Notice that her name is a little to the "right" of mine).