27 Things to Do in a Penthouse | Jetsetter Passport
Jetsetter continues to up its game, now offering flash sales on expansive penthouse suites at luxury hotels in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. These sorts of suites have always struck me as overkill, but I suppose if money is of absolutely no concern and you have no interest in rational thinking, then why not? If you’re going to indulge in such extravagance you might as well go all in. Jetsetter Passport offers some pointers for doing just that.
Introducing a feature that presents the U.S. as seen by its residents, rather than the typical images shown on postcards or TV news backdrops. See below to learn how to submit a photograph.
VENICE BEACH, California - A man naps on the grassy patch that separates the boardwalk from the sand. Blurred in the background is an area where anyone is permitted to spray paint one of several walls with graffiti. The policy has spread to neighboring palm trees. This is the first entry in this recurring feature simply because Venice is home for me at the moment. I hope you’ll send in a photograph taken near where you live.
Submission guidelines: email photos to whatamericalookslike@gmail.com - doing so affirms that you hold all rights to the submission, and grants us permission to publish your photo at TheAtlantic.com and in any future collection of What America Looks Like photographs. Be sure to include the city and state where the image is taken, and as detailed a description as you’re willing to offer. Also let us know if you’ve got a photo Web site or if prints of your shot are available for purchase.
Source: The Atlantic
Behold The Mini-Shredder | Venice Beach, California
Off to get cultured
It’s another perfect day in Southern California. (Sorry, everywhere else.) I’m about to hop on my cruiser and head on over to the Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2011 event in Santa Monica. A buddy of mine who owns and operates the Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco is exhibiting.
I’m fascinated by contemporary art, mainly because I’m not really sure what “contemporary art” is. To me — someone with little knowledge of art history or appreciation of art’s nuances — it sort of seems like the category captures anything that is “Not like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo or Rembrandt.” You know, the big names from the Renaissance.
Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see what cool, weird, awesome, hideous, [insert your adjective] shit is on display.
Ah, Venice.
The view from the High Rooftop Lounge at the Hotel Erwin in Venice.
These mid-winter days in Southern California are brutal.
Top 5 Sexiest Beaches in the World | AOL Travel
Annemarie Dooling of AOL Travel offers up her take on the sexiest beaches and it’s an interesting list. Of particular note is Venice Beach in Los Angeles of which she writes:
If you’re looking for a sexy beach destination in the United States, there’s no where better than the Golden State. From daisy duke shorts to health fans exercising in bathing suits, you’ll find some of the most attractive Americans across the country all in this one spot. With surfing, skateboarding and other athletic activities across the boardwalk, beautiful healthy people flock here.
I suppose if you look past the bums, it is a pretty sexy spot.
Photo of the Day | Santa Monica, California
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Photo of the Day | Santa Monica, California
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10 Things Not to do in Los Angeles | Concierge.com
Instead of staying downtown, get a room in Santa Monica? Yup. Skip Rodeo and hit the boutiques in Venice? Absolutely. Forget the whole Hollywood tour nonsense? Indeed. Seems like Conde Nast kinda knows what it’s talking about.
