If you're not aware, the planet Venus is moving between Earth and the sun right now (6-5-12 ~3-10PM on the West Coast). Obviously you don't want to look directly into the sun, but if you can use binoculars or something to project it onto a smooth, flat surface (like a piece of paper), you should clearly be able to see a dot on the face of the sun. My co-workers and I did it out in the parking lot just now. Pretty cool stuff. The next one won't be until 2117, so don't delay!

Here's the Wikipedia page.

I took the girls out to see it yesterday evening. It was a pretty sweet set up. they had glasses that the kids could wear, telescopes with filters, and the reflection/shadow box thing as well. There were a lot more people then I expected to be there but it was like a party to most. chairs out, drinks... good times.

We have several observatories in the area holding events and they were all sold out. Space is cool and everyone knows it. =P