Wedged Betwixt Armageddon Together With L.A. - Seal Beach, California


When those temperatures soar good over 100 degrees, Southern Californians caput to the beach, oft en masse. 

 We commonly expect until schoolhouse starts dorsum upwards together with therefore nosotros tin avoid the crowds but, when nosotros create caput to the beach, nosotros commonly caput to the closest i to our theater which is either Seal Beach or Long Beach.

 These days, it's Seal Beach that wins the tug of nation of war almost of the time.

Originally called Anaheim Landing, the metropolis incorporated a piddling over a century ago. In 1916, a pop trolley commons called The Joy Zone opened on the beach amongst roller coasters together with other attractions served past times the region's cherry-red cars of the Pacific Electric line.

 A few of the stores along Main Street...running from Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) to the pier...have old pictures of the entertainment commons hanging on their walls.

 An old cherry-red machine serves every bit a museum inwards a metropolis commons located on Electric Avenue...the quondam right-of-way for the railroad.

Strawberry farmers assemble their crops side past times side to bunkers that may or may non concur nuclear weapons (the Navy's non maxim i means or the other). It's purpose of the massive Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, the primary loading depot for arming Navy ships on the West Coast. 
Hennesey's. I'm told (but convey no official confirmation) that the Irish Gaelic influence is because of all the Irish Gaelic smugglers that used to utilization the beach every bit a means to teach contraband alcohol onshore during Prohibition.

We uncovering that nosotros commonly halt upwards at O'Malleys, which serves solid nutrient inwards a happy Irish Gaelic atmosphere. 

The best fourth dimension is inwards wintertime on a chilly twenty-four hours when you lot tin ready inwards forepart of their warm together with cozy fireplace.

After dinner, we'll caput across the street together with a one-half block towards the bounding main to cap it off amongst i of the delicious desserts of Sweet Jill's Bakery. Their specialty is fresh from the oven cinnamon rolls which they'll H2O ice amongst glaze to your specifications on the spot.

 Fresh air, bounding main breezes, together with the feeling that comes over you lot from spending the twenty-four hours at the beach. It's all adept together with later satiating our hunger, it's fourth dimension to become dorsum to the reality of the heavy 605 traffic to brand our means home.

 NOTE: When inwards Seal Beach, remain at the Pacific Inn, simply off Pacific Coast Highway.

 We're blowing out our classic vinyl LP albums at The Musick Channel Garage Sale on Ebay. Find roughly bargains on non bad music together with to a greater extent than today.


Darryl Musick
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