Soul Makers Santa Claus – A PIER RAT? Photo courtesy Stephanie McLean Collection Could Santa Claus be considered a PIER RAT? Hmm… Well, the jolly old elf certainly seems to have an affinity for the Santa Monica Pier. Countless times he has visited, always in wintertime. He has been seen riding the historic Merry Go-Round; […]
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Sunset Lounge Qualified? – Part 2 Continued from last week’s Qualified? – Part 1 The mirror-ball effect of the suns rays reflecting off of the choppy ocean hypnotized me as I stared through the window from inside the Boathouse. I had only been here for minutes, but my trance could easily have been for hours […]
Sunset Lounge Well, here we go! For many years people have encouraged me to write and share my memories about working at the Boathouse restaurant on the Pier in the early 1990s. All of the memorable people, all of the hard-to-believable events, and all of that charm from a time when both Santa Monica and […]