Waterfront sights in Los Angeles
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Venice Boardwalk
Venice Boardwalk is officially known as Ocean Front Walk. It’s a freak show, a human zoo and a wacky carnival, but as far as LA experiences go, it’s a must. This is where to get your hair braided, your karma corrected or your back massaged qi gong–style. Encounters with budding Schwarzeneggers, hoop dreamers, a Speedo-clad snake charmer and a roller-skating Sikh minstrel are pretty much guaranteed, especially on hot summer days. The Sunday-afternoon drum circle draws hundreds of revelers for tribal playing and spontaneous dancing. If the noise doesn’t show you the way there, just follow your nose towards whiffs of ‘wacky tabaccy.’ Alas, the boardwalk vibe gets a bit sketc…
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Redondo Beach Pier
Depending on your point of view, Redondo Beach is either depressingly grotty or refreshingly unglitzy. The action hub is the Redondo Beach Pier , which arches from the bottom of Torrance Blvd all the way to King Harbor. The latter is an aesthetically challenged 1960s multilevel concrete construction but has a cool beer bar (Naja's Place) and Quality Seafood, a fish and seafood shop where you can have your purchase cooked up, then sit at a picnic table to eat it.
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Santa Monica Pier
Kids love the venerable Santa Monica Pier, where diversions include a quaint carousel, a solar-powered Ferris wheel and tiny aquarium with touch tanks. There's free two-hour parking in public garages on 2nd and 4th Sts ($3 after 6pm).
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