Lazy Fridays #4

Lazy Fridays #4: Abbot Kinney, Venice

It's really appropriate that this is a Friday post because what I want to talk about only happens on Fridays. Abbot Kinney Blvd. features small boutiques, art galleries and trendy restaurants. But on Fridays it becomes the site of "The Roachcoach Festival" as my friend so lovingly calls it. Starting a 6:30, food trucks from all over come and park on the Blvd. Suddenly, Abbot Kinney becomes flooded with people, making it almost impossible to walk or drive.

The food trucks range from Japanese to Mexican to Brazilian and everything in between. There are crepes and shaved ice trucks. There are tacos galore and plenty of sushi to go around. There's chocolate and ice cream and every other sweet thing you can imagine.

I was only just introduced this experience on Friday and it something fun and strangely exhilarating to do at night. While eating a coxinha (croquette) from the Brazilian truck, you can wander into the free art galleries that pass from one building to another. Or you can sit on the stoops of shops that have been closed for the night.

It's a very cool thing to do when if there's nothing else to do on a Friday night. The other pluses are that the food is cheap and the shops are open late. Enjoy!