Post #634302 by mike and marie on Sun, Apr 29, 2012 3:45 PM

This is such a great tour ... of course all of John-O's tours are well-researched and recommended, but maybe we have a soft spot for the ghost shell that is Don the Beachcomber, and certainly the Galley. Having missed it last year we sincerely appreciate the personal tour by Dogtown's resident urban archeologist John-O!

Gone the Beachcomber...

Aloha!

There isn't much tiki left at the former site of Pieces of Eight, but maybe if you look around on the grounds in just the right light it can take you back...

Now going into the Warehouse, which although established in 1969 felt to us like the early 80s: think Jimmy Buffett record covers and Raiders of the Lost Ark...

and not much tiki, but some:

Does anyone know the make / history of this ship wall plaque? It's pretty big. You can see it right inside the front door. We can also see it in our basement, as we've got one that's identical but don't know anything about it:

Our fearless leader holding down the Galley

Testing the mai-tais

Lots of puffer fish along the bar...

Closing down Chez Jay

After wandering past the former site of Pacific Ocean Park, then to Muscle Beach, site of how many surf films (like the ones on TCM last week...)

The midnight view from the Casa del Mar...

[ Edited by: mike and marie 2012-04-29 15:48 ]