BOARDS ACROSS HERMOSA Part 1
I walked into a gallery in the South Bay a few months ago, never suspecting it would lead to a series of poor decisions and psychological trauma. The gallery displays mostly jumbo-sized photographs that I found to be pretty special. I met and spoke with Monica the owner for a bit. It was one of those rare times where I abandon my antisocial norm and babble on like a jackass. It's similar to a grand mal seizure - I never know when it's going to happen, and when it's over I have only a vague notion of what took place. Evidently there was an exchange of contact info as the following day I received an email from Monica encouraging me to sign up for an upcoming event involving painting surfboards. The link she provided took me to a site that invited Hermosa Beach artists to sign up to paint surfboards that would be displayed in and around The City of Hermosa Beach for a few months prior to being auctioned off at some extravaganza at the start of summer. I have never owne