But I am getting ahead of myself. Anyway, the trip started with Manny and Johnny picking me up from my house in the city of Westminster, in Orange County, California.

Jay de Leon in front of his house at Westminster, in Orange County, California.

With Johhny Noble (left).  Notice the cool shades, which are
de rigueur in California.

With Manny Tiangha (left), also known as Mr. Fantastic

This is Jay’s 5-bedroom bachelor pad while in California.

After the usual pleasantries and trip to the bathroom, we piled into Manny’s jalopy and headed to Venice Beach, California,

By the way, this is actually the second annual beach tour for the three of us. Last year, we took a similar topless beach cruise, starting from Manhattan Beach down the coastline.

Jay de Leon (left) and Johnny Noble impeding traffic at the bike path
at famed Venice Beach, California.

Manny Tiangha, Jay de Leon and Johnny Noble making the scene
and playing tourist in Venice Beach, California

Just another street performer.

“Repent, the world is coming to an end…”

Girl getting a henna tattoo.  Bet she can’t wait to get a real one.

That area with the blue fence is Muscle Beach at Venice Beach, California.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his buddy Franco Columbo used to pump weights
there when they were new in America—homeless and jobless. Only in capitalist
America. The guy with the white hat on the left is Muscle Man Jay de Leon.

A typical showdown (pose down?) at Muscle Beach. Manny Tiangha claims
he used to look like that in his youth—the third picture.

At one of the many t-shirt shops on the boardwalk at Venice Beach, California,
Muscle Man Jay de Leon models a particular t–shirt to warm the cockles
of the heart of anti-Bush Luxids, particularly amo Jake Campomanes.

Lunch at one of the trendy outdoor restaurants at a side street
in Venice, California.

This is the patio portion of the restaurant.  You can see the
street name at the left corner. I believe it is “Abbot Kinney.”

Manny Tiangha (right) and Jay de Leon at the entrance of the restaurant.

Johnny Noble (right) and Jay de Leon at the entrance of the restaurant.

Street scene at a side street in Venice Beach, California.

We decided to pose for this shot in honor of the great
Socialist poster at Luxid, John Dewey

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