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Oxford Film Festival

The Oxford MS film festival concluded today, Sunday February 19 after another successful festival that started on February 15. This was the 14:th year of the festival and it will be back in February next year. We can highly recommend attending this festival as it is a true example of Southern Hospitality and there are some excellent films being showcased every year. For you filmmakers among us, Mississippi has some wonderful and very helpful citizens and if you couple this with an excellent state program for film production rebate – it is very clear that Missisippi is a great place not only to watch movies, but to make them as well!

British telecom model K6 phone booth dating to the 1930's in the town square Oxford MS — British telecom model K6 phone booth dating to the 1930’s in the town square Oxford MS

Oxford Missisippi is a university town, home to University of Missisippi or “Ole Miss” as it is generally referred to. When the city was incorporated in 1837, the name was chosen after Oxford UK with the hope that this might help persuade the state to located the state university there – this worked and the university was established in 1844.

Oxford town square with the Lafayette County corthouse — Oxford town square with the Lafayette County courthouse

The film festival is a true Indie film festival and you can watch a full range of movies, from shorts to features with a Missisippi connection. Since Oxford is in close proximity to the Mississippi delta, music plays a big part in many of the films in the festival – the delta is after all the home of the blues.

Oxford was also the home of author William Faulkner and being a university town it does have bookstores, one of them being Square Books which actually has three different stores on the square and hosts as many as 150 author events every year. They have a large selection of signed and collectible books as well. There is also a nice balcony up on the second story overlooking the square where you can enjoy a cup of coffee and read your book.

Tommy Hilfiger takes over Venice

Tommyland in Venice at the Boardwalk and end of Windward Avenue

For a few days now crews have been busy setting up a “Tommyland” along the Venice Boardwalk. Tonight February 8 2017 Tommy Hilfiger will hold a spring fashion show in Venice CA and a strecth along the Venice Boardwalk has been transformed into “Tommyland”. The model Gigi Hadid is scheduled to appear as she is the new “Global brand ambassador” for the Tommy Hilfiger brand.

Tommyland as seen from the end of Windward Avenue

Tommyland from Windward Avenue close to Pacific

Cleanup underway for the fashion show in Venice this afternoon

The Boardwalk is being cleaned and there were no homeless camps or tents seen this morning, if that is due to the rain or the event – we are not sure, but it would be nice if this was how it looked every day.

Tommyland slide

Tommyland in Venice California Wednesday February 8 2017

The latest this afternoon around 4:00pm is that we are having pea-soup like fog out by the coast, hope Tommy can find his way to Tommyland! Sorry about the weather – but yes we have gotten the badly needed rain and now the sun can come back out!

Big waves – Venice breakers B&W Photos

After the big storm passed through yesterday there were some pretty sizable breakers in the Pacific off Venice beach this morning. The breakers looked to be in the area of 8 – 12 foot high, there was only one surfer spotted in the water since the force contained in surf of this magnitude requires some extensive surfing experience to handle.

Venice breakers after the big storm passed through – more to come.

The high surf is expected to last for the next few days and another storm with more rain is expected tonight. A flash flood warning is in effect for all of Southern California for tomorrow Sunday January 22 2017.

Venice Pier Saturday 1/21/2017 in the morning.

Venice proclaims day of the doors

The Venice sign has been adorned with a Doors addition for the proclamation of Doors day in Venice. — The Venice sign has been adorned with a doors addition for the proclamation of day of the doors in Venice.

On January 4th 2017 “day of the doors” was declared in Venice CA. The date coincides with the release of the doors first Album titled “the doors”, it was released on January 4th 1967 and recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood. The doors original members were John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison. The connection between Venice CA and the doors is strong. The band was formed when Ray Manzarek met with Jim Morrison on Venice Beach in 1965 and the band members lived and worked in and around Venice for some time. Today only two members are still alive, Jim Morrison died in 1971 in Paris and is buried there and Ray Manzarek died in 2013.

Jim Morrison mural in Venice CA painted by Rip Cronk in 1991. The mural has looked different throughout the years, background color changing and so on.

Jim Morrison lived in this building in 1965, it has since been changed as far as looks go, the structural elements are original, but the sign, color etc. has changed. The current owner is advertising the fact that Jim Morrison lived in the building by naming it "the Morrison apartments". — Jim Morrison lived in this building in 1965, it has since been changed as far as looks go, the structural elements are original, but the sign, color etc. has changed. The current owner is advertising the fact that Jim Morrison lived in the building by naming it “the Morrison apartments”.

The Beach in Venice where the Doors was formed as Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison talked while taking a stroll down the beach... — The Beach in Venice where the doors was formed as Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison talked while taking a stroll down the beach…