My home is on Newport Avenue, one block up from my niece's school and the local ball field where every evening there is softball, baseball, or kickball going on.
view from home: school bus in view, with Pacific Ocean beyond
Newport then morphs into several blocks of shops, bars and restaurants, as well as a colorful street scene of buskers and spangers.
a reknown local head shop
voted best burgers: there's always a line
you have to be international to stay here
quiet morningNewport is the most direct route for me to get to the beach, as well as my favorite cafe.
view from my cafe perch toward the Pacific
wavesThe avenue also hosts a great weekly farmer's market, with great ethnic foods, organic produce, music, llama rides and the whole deal. This week, I met a vendor who brings back chile from New Mexico every August: woohoo!
elder nephew Erikapparently haggling with rock vendor
Ralph, Grant & Kristinpondering another vendor's wares
shoppers
shoppers
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