July 18: Palisades Garden Walk Design, Bridge to Be Discussed

Greetings, and welcome to The SM AM Report.

Here's what we published over the weekend, in case you missed us:

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Now, here's what's up today:

Weather Forecast

• sunny
• high temperature: 73 degrees
• low temperature: 63 degrees
• chance of precipitation: 10 percent
• humidity: 68 percent
• sunrise: 5:56 a.m.
• sunset: 8:04 p.m.

The Main Event

• Plans for building design and a pedestrian bridge for the , landscape and sign plans for , and awnings and sign plans for The Vitamin Shoppe will be taken up by the Architectural Review Board when it meets tonight. Go here for the agenda; the meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at .

The Runner-Up

• The continues its weekly (and self-explanatory) Family Fun With Stories, Rhymes and Crafts series from 7 to 7:45 p.m. Go here for more info.

Other Happenings

• Get fit and have fun while doing it at the Zumba fitness class hosted by Isabelle's Dance Academy, which is located on the second floor of 1334 Lincoln Blvd. The Latin-inspired dance-fitness program happens tonight from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m.; the fee is $6 for first-timers.
• Meanwhile, if it's a salsa-dance lesson you're after, look no further than , where World Salsa Champion Christian Oviedo leads a class from 8 to 10 p.m. The cost is $5.
• Vanessa Lambert, who bartends in Nashville and plays music under the alias Nesta Rae, will swing by the 's Wine Bar for an acoustic "pourformance" from 7 to 9 p.m.

Last but Not Least

• As mentioned in our kids planner, the hosts a Taiko drumming demonstration and history lesson at 2:30 p.m.

(Go here for more events happening today.)

This Day in Santa Monica History

• On July 18, 1935, La Monica Ballroom on the held a grand reopening under its new name, "La Monica Convention Auditorium and Recreation Hall" (source: Santa Monica Pier: A Century on the Last Great Pleasure Pier).

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