ONE OF THE BEST PHOTOS OF THE STRAND or PROMENADE that I have seen. Please note the old Merry-Go-Round on the Santa Monica Pier in the background. And there is the classic window of the bar of the Monica Hotel's cocktail lounge.
THE MONICA HOTEL'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE...was the best seat on the beach in the 60s for those who enjoyed a cocktail while admiring the bodies of the young women and men who paraded by the bar window in scantily-fashioned swimwear. While I was able to maintain my posture while enjoying a double vodka martini on the rocks watching my nearly naked peer groups parading by, some of the older customers tumbled off their stools as groups of pink-bikin-clad hotties paraded by the big bar window of the Monica Hotel bar. The Monica Hotel has been gone for many years now, possibly razed for more parking, possibly because of city regulations putting drinking individuals in such close proximity to half-nude women and men. Who knows for sure?
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THANKS TO LANCE AND COMWELL FOR APPROVAL FOR USE OF THESE CLASSIC PHOTOS IN BEACHFRONT LIFESTYLES___________________________________________
img01--SANTA MONICA 28 March 1964
Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
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