A Venice Public Art Gallery

I was delighted yet again to see another public art installation in Venice by the wonderful Robin Murez and Venice Public Art. Now when you go to Another Kind Of Sunrise for a coffee or breakfast bowl, you can also sit down and create a beautiful piece of art with their supplies, and then have it be there on display for all to see your latest creation.

It's fun to sit and look at the works done by complete strangers, or be people you may see every day and have no idea the art skills they have hidden up their sleeves. It's also great to have and support a little something unique on the block that is slowly turning into everyone else's same old mall.

I'm usually racing down the boulevard with somewhere to be, but now that I know this little gallery is here for us, I'll make a point of sitting down, taking a moment, and making something that might cheer someone's day like they did mine.

The Public Art Gallery is located at Another Kind Of Sunrise:

1629 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Down the sunny path.

Another Kind Of Sunrise Dawns On Abbot Kinney

Yay. I'm excited to announce that Another Kind Of Sunrise is now open for biz on Abbot Kinney! The lovely idea was brought to reality by owners Diana Garcia and Gregory Rogove, with the help of a super successful Kickstarter campaign (they made MORE than they needed!) and great friends and family.

Located in a little alleyway next to The Stronghold building, locals and tourists alike are already lining up to get their cereal fix, Handsome coffee, Moon Juice, Distira teas, Mylkman milk and handmade bowls of Paleo granola, Chia porridge and Acai. Yuuuum.

The sidewalk is painted from the sun to the moon. The big mural by Garcia and Brandon Boyd is complete. The benches are inviting, as kiwi begins to grow around you. The hosts are awesome and fun to talk to. You walk in and immediately feel like you want to hang out a while, any time of day.

As Garcia told me, "It's been beautiful to see the support and love for this place already." It's clear from the great Kickstarter response, and all the friends and family kicking in with design, painting, and help of all sorts, that this is truly a labor of love. There is a distinct sense of place here, with the mad creative vibes and community involvement, that is all about Venice. It will become even more so once they start hosting their acoustic music nights, art events, and all that good kind of stuff.

They're still figuring out what the hours will be, but the aim is to satisfy your cereal fix when you crave it. Stop in and say hi during this weekend's Abbot Kinney Festival, and see what you're in for.
It's on. Garcia and Rogove are ready and welcoming all to share in THIS kind of sunrise. Enjoy!

Another Kind Of Sunrise
1629 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice

Enjoy Another Kind Of Sunrise!

Get excited, Venice. Soon there will be a wonderful new spot to enjoy your healthy cereal, fruit, coffee, juice, tea ... all the good stuff we love, in a cozy spot hosted by great locals. Another Kind Of Sunrise is coming soon!

Conceived, owned, beautified and operated by dear friends and neighbors, artist/actress Diana Garcia and musician Gregory Rogove, Another Kind Of Sunrise is exactly what Abbot Kinney needs now. Located in its own little alley just to the right of the Stronghold building, AKOS will be original. Creative. Built with love and cooperation by people that live in and love Venice.

Greg grew up LOVING cereal, and always thought it would be great to have a place that was just about cereal. The more he and his lovely lady Diana thought about it, the more it seemed like a cool thing to do. Both are busy with their arts, but when friends showed support and enthusiasm for a place like AKOS in the neighborhood, and then the perfect spot on Abbot Kinney opened up, they decided to go for it.

"Another kind of sunrise" is a Sun Ra lyric that always stuck in Greg's head, and went along with the idea that you can have (and many do) cereal at any time of day, not just for breakfast. Rad.

Since it's 2013 and it's Venice, you won't find your chain store Frosted Flakes, but you will find yummy organic Cocoa Crispies and a whole bunch of other cereal choices, with top shelf milk selections from the Mylkman, and several options for toppings (cacao nibs, coconut, fresh fruit - like kiwi growing up the walls!). As well as acai bowls, homemade granola, Moon Juice, Handsome Coffee, Distira Tea ... all healthy, delicious sustenance made locally. And enjoyed in a sunny, plant filled space, tucked in right on Abbot Kinney, but with its very own mellow sense of place.

Super talented artist Diana, and friend Brandon Boyd, have done up one whole wall with a gorgeous mural, and the floor is going to take you from the sun to the moon. There will be music, of course. There will be art classes for kids while the parents are enjoying a bite. There will be friendship, laughter, and a sense of community that we dearly need to preserve, for many sunrises to come. And there will be cereal.

Please help make Another Kind Of Sunrise a local treasure, with whatever you can contribute to Greg and Diana's Kickstarter fund to get it all up and carrying on. The incentives are treasures themselves, from AKOS credit to Greg's gorgeous music to beautiful artwork by Diana to a dope cereal party at your own place! Click HERE to participate and join the fun!

Another Kind Of Sunrise plans to open just in time to be added to your fall routine, in late August. I will look forward to seeing you there!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akosunrise/another-kind-of-sunrise

AnotherKindOfSunrise.com

Facebook.com/AnotherKindOfSunrise

Twitter/Instagram @AKOSunrise

909.334.AKOS