Sadly, at the first stop, I realized I'd forgotten my camera, so this review is going to be mostly text, as the camera on my cell phone is pretty subpar.
The pics came out pretty much like this:
so I'm going to add videos from reddit/youtube instead.
We started at Venice Beach, then headed to the liquor store on Main St. in Santa Monica, where Johnnyboy and the Up Your Alley crew DJ'd in the parking lot.
From there, it was over to the tunnel under Santa Monica pier, where there was another DJ.
Then we rode off. The ride leaders did a great job of keeping the group together, but not everybody handled the frequent stops as capably as they should have. Luckily, we were on bikes, not cars, so we didn't have any scenes like this:
We arrived at Bergamot Station, where a live band played fairly awesome hard/surf rock for a while.
Also, Don Chow's Taco Truck was there. Chinese Mexican fusion? Yes, it was EVERY BIT as delicious as you might expect. I had a soy ginger tofu burrito, and it was awesome. Alternative Taco Trucks seem to be THE booming cuisine source of the "great recession" of 2008-2012?, and I am wholly OK with that. If I can figure out how to make vegan donuts, I may start one of my own.
This video is wholly irrelevant, but this woman is awesome.
As awesome as Don Chow's was, they take their time, so I had to toss the burrito in my backback for the next stop, which featured live DJ/MC/hip-hop performances at the amphitheater at City Hall West. I was amazed that a full PA system was allowed to sound out without getting rapidly shut down, but apparently somebody obtained a permit beforehand. WELL DONE FOLKS! That really made for a great stop.
The final stop was at an abandoned tunnel somewhere under West L.A., where Funderstorm played.
At that point, I and some other folks were pretty much done, so we headed homeward.
Much fun was had by all.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, it'll be Monday soon enough...
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