Juan And Nancy - Summer of '79

I've been taking Palms on my way to get coffee lately, and I keep walking over this engraving in the sidewalk:

Juan and Nancy, Summer of '79. I like to think they're still together. I like to think they're still in Venice, and would sell to a developer over their dead bodies (on that note, I hope they're still alive!). I like to think they hold hands and walk along the beach on the way to Hinano's, where they had their first dinner after their rollerskating date. I saw this photo on the You Know You're From Venice ... Facebook page (via "Groovy History"), and I like to think this is Juan and Nancy. It IS from 1979 ...

I like to think they're still that groovy. Juan and Nancy, wherever you are - Love to you!

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I noticed this great shirt by street artist Wrdsmth at the In Heroes We Trust party last week.

It's great because it's so true, and because it's so easy to do.

In a time when social media is making us all more anti-social. Seriously, People. Take a look around you at a show or restaurant or anywhere really, and look at all the droids smiling at their phones instead of the people around them. It's turning into Wall-E around here.

When you're pouring your heart out to someone and realize they haven't heard a word because they're so caught up in their phone, you realize just how detached from real life and real people we're all becoming. When you're at the show of a lifetime and you look around and see that almost everyone there is watching it through their screens instead of soaking up the feeling of rock and roll and freedom and gathering with like-minded cool people ... it's just sad.

I realize it's all here to stay - and most likely get worse - but just try to tear your eyes away from the screen a few times a day, and genuinely look into someone else's. Let's all try our best to stay human.

Smile!