(California, that is).
![Palm tree-lined Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, Calif. Palm tree-lined Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, Calif.](http://www.artspirit7.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Venice_AbK1-225x300.jpg)
Palm tree-lined Abbot Kinney Boulevard
When you get to Venice and mosey inward a few blocks to a street called Abbot Kinney. There’s elegant modern nondescript storefronts next door to crusty houses built 80 years ago, the kind with porches and a swing in the front. And there’s restaurants with customers sitting ear to ear and there’s no sign of the name of the place.
Not a box store you’ve heard of on the street. The Jin Patisserie has an entryway that had an irresistible sensitivity to light.. The website is worth a visit if you can’t physically go there.
![Entry to Jin Patisserie Entry to Jin Patisserie](http://www.artspirit7.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/abbotkinney-fence-300x165.jpg)
"Entry to Jin Patisserie," photo by Mary Gow
I liked the presentation of these two roses.
Inside one of the fashionably retro bungalows you’ll find a charming portable fireplace, the kind you can move from one room to another. The shop owner said it was from Home Depot. I was mesmerized.
![Portable fireplace in Venice clothing store Portable fireplace in Venice clothing store](http://www.artspirit7.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Venice-fireplace1-223x300.jpg)
Portable fireplace