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Five Questions with Holly

(Abbot Kinney Bl, Venice) As part of the Abbot Skinny 2019 female owned business series, I sat down for a casual chat with Holly from Huset. We talked about being a female entrepreneur, the history of the business and what it means to feel at home.

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Catch up with your favorite boardwalk locals on, "Over it"

Lyle and Vance are just two transplants a little late in their prime, on Abbot Skinny’s newest hit one frame, totally unplanned, unscheduled and technically officially cancelled since 1995 digital meme-show “Over It”

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Just takin' a stroll, Spielberg STYLE!

(Abbot Kinney Blvd & Palms)
Steven Spielberg takes a super-casual walk with wife Kate Capshaw. And by super-casual we mean rocking out with some serious hat-game and a few items from our local shops. Link takes you to our facebook page.😊

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TRIPPED-OUT SQUIRREL TERRORIZES ELECTRIC AVENUE

ELECTRIC AVENUE, PALMS – Racing down the street dressed only in a pineapple print romper with unlaced green Doc Martins Canadian tourist, Ewon Manitoba, found himself at the ass-end of a “squirrly” situation. Witnesses report the Abbot Kinney weekend warrior was seen trouncing past cars screaming in a high pitched falsetto, “Help! I can’t deke this vagrant! Damn Eichhörnchen ate my gitch! I need to get back to Cowtown!”

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MAN BUN OVERLORD DISCOVERED IN VENICE WHOLE FOODS!

After months of the mysterious man-bun hairstyle appearing on more and more dudes in Venice an anomaly appeared at Venice Whole Foods at the break of dawn. According to varied reports and shaky cell-phone camera footage (a screenshot of which is seen to the left) a being of pure light named Jimmy Bunicrom made itself visible for a brief message of urgency.

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Zen and the Art of Race Theater

An American Saga Revival of Gunshot Medley Part 1, Ready, Steady, Yeti, Go! Review by Geo Beck | August 1 2019 - The Vietnamese buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh writes about community, “Some of us do not easily trust another person. For such a person, it can be difficult...

Five Questions with Holly Huset

As part of the Abbot Skinny 2019 female owned business series, I sat down for a casual chat with Holly from Huset. We talked about being a female entrepreneur, the history of the business and what it means to feel at home. 1. I was looking at your Instagram and you...

Oppenheimer @ The Electric Lodge

Lightning in a Bottle meets Revolutionary Theater, Oppenheimer Blasts through Venice at the Electric Lodge Review by Cihan Kaan | December 4 2018 Oppenheimer is challenging. Oppenheimer is vast. Oppenheimer is unforgettable. Oppenheimer originally...

Baby Doll @ Pacific Resident Theater

Red hot forbidden love and mind games in the delta of Venice. Review by Geo Beck | September 17 2018In the first act of “Baby Doll”, we meet Archie Lee, an older hapless cotton-gin owner drilling a peephole to ogle his sleeping bride-to-be, nineteen-year-old Baby...

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