“I moved into my grandparents home in Laguna Beach when I was eight years old. My first two jobs were setting pins at the bowling alley and washing dishes at Benton’s on Main beach. When I turned twenty-one, I joined local contemporaries while local bar hopping from nineteen sixty until nineteen seventy-three. We visited about eight establishments. I loved to dance at the Marine Room, the White House, the Sandpiper and the South Seas while enjoying drinks there and at the Little Shrimp, Outrigger and the Hatch Cover. Last stop was Andre’s. I loved the South Seas; even my mother would join me on occasion. So my favorite dance spot was the little room off to the side of the tropical bar. We would put coins in the jukebox or often, a duo or trio of some local musicians would provide the live music. Everyone seemed to experience such fun in this Tiki-style bar that now we all have some very good memories for life.”