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Palm trees, jacaranda trees - welcome to Part II of Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica (here's Part I). This is at the intersection of Lincoln and Ocean Park in the Ocean Park neighborhood.
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Albertson's supermarket. One of the few commercial areas in Santa Monica that could be pretty much anywhere in Southern California.
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Across the street is a mural of the Sierra Nevadas (think Yosemite National Park). I've driven by here hundreds of times - I have no idea what this building is.
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Looking for a Hummer? Here's one for "only" $40K.
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Next door is something called Livity. Probably not my kind of store.
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"Earth Day Every Day" (or "Dia Tierra Todos Los Dias").
OK. Well, there we are. Definitely Santa Monica (or Topanga Canyon).
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And across the street - my barber shop - "Lincoln Barbers." Been there forever, and at $13 is the cheapest haircut I've found anywhere on the westside. And they do a great job.
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"Golden West Meats" (another Santa Monica institution) and relative newcomer "Misofishy (get it?) Japanese Cuisine".
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Corner of Lincoln and Pico Blvd. Could be anywhere in Southern California. Take out the palm tree on the left corner and could be almost anywhere in America.
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Looking east up Pico Blvd. Here's a link to a walk up Pico.
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Looking down Pico Blvd - the beach is just 8 blocks west. This is where I crossed and headed back south to where my car was getting smogged.
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And across the street - my barber shop - "Lincoln Barbers." Been there forever, and at $13 is the cheapest haircut I've found anywhere on the westside. And they do a great job.
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"Golden West Meats" (another Santa Monica institution) and relative newcomer "Misofishy (get it?) Japanese Cuisine".
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Corner of Lincoln and Pico Blvd. Could be anywhere in Southern California. Take out the palm tree on the left corner and could be almost anywhere in America.
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Looking east up Pico Blvd. Here's a link to a walk up Pico.
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Looking down Pico Blvd - the beach is just 8 blocks west. This is where I crossed and headed back south to where my car was getting smogged.
By the way, if you're looking for a burger in Southern California, don't waste your time with "In & Out" - "Tommy's Burgers" is where it's at. There's one here on the corner of Pico and Lincoln.
There's also an L&L Hawaiian BBQ - a Hawaiian-based chain with several locations here in Southern California.
What's AMAZING is what's located behind L&L.
That's in Part III.
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2 comments:
That building with the tree mural was an elementary school. Not sure what it is now though.
Tree building is John Muir Elementary
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