1st Thursday ArtWalk - San Pedro, the Edge of LA - February 2, 2012
Art Galleries & Studios dot the old Downtown San Pedro area. Attend an artist opening reception or watch artists at work.
Restaurants: You're in for a real treat visiting San Pedro's restaurants. The cuisine ranges from English to Mexican, Mediterranean to Italian, Japanese to California Cuisine, Hungarian, Thai and others.
Live Music For February:
Shops: This month promises more suprises to come in the unique downtown stores and shops. Downtown San Pedro is the perfect place to shop for unique gifts for family and friends.
Take a walk down memory lane visiting antique shops or have an author sign their new book at Williams' Book Store at 443 W. 6th Street..
Gourmet Food Trucks
SPECIAL FEATURE! Gourmet Food Trucks. This 1st Thursday, 12 Mobile Food Vendors greet you through out the Downtown. This month, the Food Trucks are located on 6th, 7th and Mesa Streets! Several new Trucks will be Downtown along with some of your favorites from previous 1st Thursdays. Be sure and visit our 1st Thursday Food Truck Location Interactive Map. The Map is updated every month. Click here. A simple click on the truck's name will show on a map the trucks location and address. A link to the food truck's website is shown at the same time.
The January 5, 2012, Artwalk Tour will feature a variety of artist styles and media, representing the diversity of the art scene in San Pedro. Each month a different itinerary is planned to provide the visitor with the opportunity to experience a wide range of visual treats. The free one hour tour will meet in the Chamber of Commerce Lobby, 7th & Mesa, at 6:30.
January's ArtWalk itinerary is still being finalized, but will include the absoulutely gorgeous photography of Jamie Lavalley. He grows most of the exotic flowers and does their portraits. His flower work embraces the nuances from his years of photographing high fashion in Paris for Vanity Fair, etc. We are always open to suggestions of venues that you would like to see included on the tour.
And, you will have the opportunity to sample the offerings of several of the most popular gourmet Food Trucks in Los Angeles.
Each month the Artwalk tour starts at 6:30, meeting at the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, 390 W. 7th Street, and follows a different itinerary. To receive monthly tour information by email, contact FirstthursdaySPtour@gmail.com. Following the approximately one hour tour, visitors are encouraged to visit other galleries, shop, eat and enjoy the music and ambiance that fill the streets on First Thursday.
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