Juliet El Sharif, 50, works out at her fathers vintage outdoor gym at his home in the Pacific Palisades on Saturday, June 14, 2008.

Tina Bergen, 31, owner and operator of Firefly Pilates Studio, gives her client  Shauna Brittenham, 26, a private Pilates session on Friday, June 13, 2008. The Pilates Method (or simply Pilates),  is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates during the First World War with the proposal to improve the rehabilitation program for the many returning veterans. Joseph Pilates believed mental and physical health are essential to one another. He recommended a few, precise movements emphasizing control and form to aid injured soldiers in regaining their health by strengthening, stretching,and stabilizing key muscles. As of 2005 there are 11 million people who practice the discipline regularly and 14,000 instructors in the United States.

Retired High School Biology teacher Dennis Stewart, 60 and his wife Geri, 51, commence their bicycle tour of Route 66 on Sunday, May 11, 2008, from the Santa Monica Pier. They are hoping to complete the tour ending in Chicago within two months by the Fourth of July. U.S. Route 66 (also known as Route 66, U.S. Highway 66, The Main Street of America, The Mother Road and the Will Rogers Highway) was a highway in the U.S. Highway system. One of the original federal routes, US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, though signs did not go up until the following year. It originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles for a total of 2,448 mile. US 66 was officially decommissioned (that is, officially removed from the United States Highway System) on June 27, 1985 after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System.