Venice Beach Freaks

The Digital Traveler presents...a look at the Venice Beach Freak Show...
It's true that a stroll down Venice Beach will have you seeing all kinds of freaks. Some of the people will be speed freaks, others crack freaks and still others, surfer freaks.

When you come to think of it the word "freak" can have a multitude of meanings. Yesterday's freak (meaning a freak of the '60s) was more meaningful than today's freaks. I mean today's freaks are limited to areas like Venice Beach and other places like it around the world (say, Amsterdam). Yesterday's freaks were basically hippie-like people who could have lived anywhere. Today's freaks are...like...something you'd see on the TV show 20/20.

The picture above is great for a photographer because it's so colorful and filled with symbols. It also makes you wonder what's behind the curtain. The first thing I thought when I saw the doorway was that there was something with multiple heads behind it.

And you know what? I was right.