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B BC-Da-Da Member Joined: Aug 14, 2002 Posts: 161	B BC-Da-Da Posted posted on Fri, Feb 24, 2006 12:06 AM Hey Guys, Thanks for the compliments. As Dennis Wilson said in 1965: "We appreciate it all the way!" Sorry there wasn't more Tiki in the blog, but this one was more devoted to Balboa's history in jazz, folk and rock 'n' roll. But we loved Humuhumu's comments at the bottom of the blog. Jim Fournier's TALES OF BALBOA book not only has a '30s picture of Chrisitians Hut (and a full bio of the restaurant's history), but also the Bamboo Room, another long-gone Balboa tiki bar. I recommend his book highly, not only for some cool Tiki tidbits, but also an entry on so many other people, places and things from Balboa's groovy history. Don't miss that one. Next up on the DUMB ANGEL blog is our look at Newport Beach, with some history on THEIR Beat Generation club, Sid's Blue Beet -- home of much cool jazz, folk and bluegrass, plus other neat-o joints from Newport's history. Domenic and I are throwing a live show, with two bands, at the Blue Beet on April 2nd... more details forthcoming. That should be our hottest event yet. We'll also throw out more Balboa addendum blogs in the coming months. So many more photos and postcards, etc. that were not used in this present one. At some point we had to call it a day. This blog ended up being 19 pages when printed out. Yes-Indeedy-De-Di-Oh! Brian Chidester

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the compliments. As Dennis Wilson said in 1965: "We appreciate it all the way!"

Sorry there wasn't more Tiki in the blog, but this one was more devoted to Balboa's history in jazz, folk and rock 'n' roll. But we loved Humuhumu's comments at the bottom of the blog. Jim Fournier's TALES OF BALBOA book not only has a '30s picture of Chrisitians Hut (and a full bio of the restaurant's history), but also the Bamboo Room, another long-gone Balboa tiki bar. I recommend his book highly, not only for some cool Tiki tidbits, but also an entry on so many other people, places and things from Balboa's groovy history. Don't miss that one.

Next up on the DUMB ANGEL blog is our look at Newport Beach, with some history on THEIR Beat Generation club, Sid's Blue Beet -- home of much cool jazz, folk and bluegrass, plus other neat-o joints from Newport's history. Domenic and I are throwing a live show, with two bands, at the Blue Beet on April 2nd... more details forthcoming. That should be our hottest event yet. We'll also throw out more Balboa addendum blogs in the coming months. So many more photos and postcards, etc. that were not used in this present one. At some point we had to call it a day. This blog ended up being 19 pages when printed out.

Yes-Indeedy-De-Di-Oh!
Brian Chidester

Post #216946 by BC-Da-Da on Fri, Feb 24, 2006 12:06 AM