I got the info on what's happening with the Surfer's Walk of Fame induction ceremony this weekend.  First , the inductees:

• Donald Craig - founder of Old Guys Rule
• Robert Hogan - founder of the Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race in 1955.

To kick things off on Friday night, there will be a showing of a new surf flick at the Hermosa Playhouse Theatre.  They'll be showing "Fly in the Champagne'" at 6pm, a movie about the rivalry between a couple of future hall of famers, AI and the Slater.  Tickets are $10 at the door, but can also be bought in advance at the community center.  There's also going to be an auction, a raffle and a display of works by local surf artists. Saturday morning starts off with a surf contest at 8am for some high school surf teams, south side.   After that, the induction ceremony starts at 11am.  Finally, Spyder Surf is throwing a big bash, full of swag, music (Pepper) and surf celebrities (Tom Curren). See you there!

It seems like I just did a "Best of February" post, and now I'm already doing the next one.  Time is flying!  But March was definitely good one:

• Boomerangs!
• Saint Patrick's Day Parade Teaser
• Saint Patrick's Day Parade - Part One
• Mika the Pup

I'll put up the rest of the Saint Patty's Parade footage this week.

I wanted to get everyone in the video without making it too long, so I tried it this way.  I might end up just posting one super long video, let me know what you think.

First, the St. Patty's video: I took a lot of footage (I know, I said that already), and it's taking a while to go through. I'll have it up by this weekend at the latest. Aside from that, March has been a great month so far, with the Boomerang tournament from a couple of weeks ago and Saint Patrick's Day this week. Next month, there's a couple of things on the calendar:

• Surfer's Walk of Fame Induction (April 4th) - I'm trying to get more info on this one, so stay tuned.  I'll post it as soon as I get it.

• Pier to Pier Walk (April 25th) - proceeds benefit the Richstone Family Center to help prevent and treat child abuse. Walk begins at Manhattan Beach Pier to the Hermosa Beach Pier and ends back at the Manhattan Beach Pier. Participants walk to the Hermosa Beach Pier and back, a distance of 3.4 miles.

If you know of anything else that you want to get the word out on, let me know!

The Saint Patrick's day parade kicked things off Saturday, and the festivities spilled over onto the Pier and surrounding areas. Here's a short teaser. Lots of footage from the weekend, so it will take time to sort through. Come back later this week for the full scoop.

A few weeks ago, with featured our first pup, Max, with a photo shoot.  This time, we're stepping it up, with a video.  Check out Ken Fry's Bouvier de Flandres, Mika.

This is what was happening on 14th Street this past weekend: They came from all over to enjoy a nice, sunny weekend at the beach. If you want to learn more, go to Boomerangs.com and/or Boomerangs.org.  And thanks to all of you boomerangers(?) for demoing everything for me.  I hope you all had fun out here.  See you next year! p.s.  What do you call someone who throws boomerangs?

The warmup weekend for the St. Patrick's day parade weekend turned out great.  I got some cool footage of an event that took place on 14th Street.  Here's a clue, but I should have the video ready this week so you can get the full scoop:
14 Street Happenings
I also ran into Ken Fry, owner of the Ken Fry Gallery.  I couldn't find a website for the gallery, but he is having a display at Il Boccaccio beginning next Saturday and staying up for a month.  Also, he is the founder of the Our Veterans, Our Heroes Foundation, a non-profit designed to "address the needs of our military personnel and their families."  Last, he is the companion of Hermosa Pup Mika, seen below:

Mika
More on Mika, Ken, 14th Street and everything else later this week...see you next weekend at the parade!

The first day of March was beautiful in Hermosa!  And now, it's less than two short weeks until the Saint Patrick's day parade, the first big party of the year.  See you around then, and if you see some people in funny looking happenings shirts filming and handing out happenings cards, come say hello! Click on through for more pics...

It's already March!  Wow, the year is going by fast, as usual.  Springtime is near, but the warm weather is already here.  Here's a look back at February:

• Finance! We talked with Greg Schowe, a financial advisor, then followed up with a cool finance website.
• The Strand Cam debuts.  We put a couple of them up, hope you enjoy them.
• The government - I never paid much attention until just this past year.  The presidential election is over, but there's still a lot going on.
• Controversy!  A popular restaurant review site is mired in scandal!  (Okay, that's a little hyperbolic.)

Anyway - I'm looking forward to the rest of this year.  Good things will happen!