Car Show at Point Fermin, Los Angeles California

There is always something going on here in San Pedro, which is a neighborhood in Los Angeles right on the border of Long Beach, CA.

Often we are working from home and actually have no idea what is going on outside, even though there's something happening just about every day. Usually we can hear music outside so we'll say something like, Hey, let's go check it out!

Then 5 hours later, we go outside and it is all over. You snooze you lose I suppose.

Well, on this particular day, a local band called the Topics had asked Amanda if she would sing with the band, so we went down the street to Point Fermin to check it out.

Point Fermin is on a cliff adjacent to the ocean shore and there is a stage in the park area where bands can play. The stage area was completely surrounded by a massive car show with vendors everywhere that day. By the time we arrived, the music was in full swing, so Amanda got up on stage and joined in!

Oh yeah, I guess I never mentioned that she is a singer as well as an artist and animator. Well, there you go. She's a multifaceted person.

One thing that I really love about this neighborhood (it's technically a neighborhood, but large enough to be its own town) is the interesting eclectic group of people here. They are quite different than the rest of LA. To give you an idea, check out these two people. I see them everywhere around town. I think they call the girl Flame. haha!

Check out this crazy little orange buggy looking thing. Pretty unique and interesting, huh?

One thing about San Pedro is that they love their low riders. I always feel like I have gone back in time to the late 80s or early 90s around here. All the music you hear on the streets here is from the 70s to to 90s. Plus everyone dresses as such as well.

They love their Impalas around here. Usually the 63-64' models as made popular in the 80s and 90s. I like them as well, but I also really like the older ones like these:

Most of the cars were restored to look somewhat original, while some had pretty customized paint work like this one:

Two types of cars that I've never been a fan of are station wagons, and El Camino (Cruck) type cars. Even the old ones don't look very nice to me. And of course, I'm not really into the whole tricked out hearse thing either. A lot of people like them, though!

I do feel like a lot of the old pickup trucks have a lot of charm, though, as well as utility!

It's really wild to me how we have these little pockets of communities here in Los Angeles. As you drive across the many towns here with artificial borders, you can see the personality change. Especially in the beach towns like Hermosa and Redondo Beaches. You can see the style and attitude change as you move from one to the other. Especially once you get to Manhattan Beach which is one of the most expensive places to live in America. It's kind of funny since Hawthorne is right next door and is a really poor area.

But rich next to poor is pretty common I suppose. Anyhow, I hope you liked looking at the cars. Have a great start of the week!