have some lovely memories of the 6 months I lived there trying to find work in 2002. Spent time down on that beach w/ Gary, one half of a gay unit I am still friends with, well, Jim, they split in early 03.
Anyway, Gary and I would take a bike ride to the pier and the beaches from our apt in Culver City, which is directly across the 405 from Santa Monica practically and via the Bologna River, we could bike along the concrete bike path on one side of what is essentially a river that doubles as a storm drainage ditch in times of massive rain out to the pier, but to get there, we had to come out at the UCLA marina/crew house and bike our way to the main street that took out out to the beach and the pier, which then put us just south of the pier.
Never went up on the pier but have biked underneath it at least once on our bikes along the paths.
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Date: 2008-03-16 05:51 pm (UTC)Anyway, Gary and I would take a bike ride to the pier and the beaches from our apt in Culver City, which is directly across the 405 from Santa Monica practically and via the Bologna River, we could bike along the concrete bike path on one side of what is essentially a river that doubles as a storm drainage ditch in times of massive rain out to the pier, but to get there, we had to come out at the UCLA marina/crew house and bike our way to the main street that took out out to the beach and the pier, which then put us just south of the pier.
Never went up on the pier but have biked underneath it at least once on our bikes along the paths.
Lots of fun. :-)