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I've now made two trips to Southern California to visit some rad dudes. Here's all the places that I went and highly recommend, that is if you have a penchant for weird times with good food mixed in. Peace fingers...
The Queen Mary - Observation Bar
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I didn’t go here, but was told its something to see. “Art deco with a feeling of being back in the day on the Titanic or some shits – and has a creepy elvis/whatever singer on Friday n Saturday nights”, says one of the D’s
Long Beach Museum of Art
2300 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90803
The Long Beach Museum of Art sits right along the beach and seems to have interesting shows cycling through it. There was a great contemporary portrait show going on when I went. A creepy twins painting stands out in my mind.
The Long Beach Museum of Art sits right along the beach and seems to have interesting shows cycling through it. There was a great contemporary portrait show going on when I went. A creepy twins painting stands out in my mind.
Jimmy's Fish & Grill
6473 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90803
Hmmmm, if I were Jimmy Buffett putzing around Long Beach and wanted to go eat somewhere I can feel at home in AND enjoy some tasty fish, where would I go? Jimmy’s! Pink and Teal walls, a shorts-wearing wait staff, and lots of old people. Perfect! The food is damn nice too.
Hmmmm, if I were Jimmy Buffett putzing around Long Beach and wanted to go eat somewhere I can feel at home in AND enjoy some tasty fish, where would I go? Jimmy’s! Pink and Teal walls, a shorts-wearing wait staff, and lots of old people. Perfect! The food is damn nice too.
Hole Mole
1327 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90802
I’m a sucker for Taquerias, add the fresh fish available along the west coast and you’ve plucked a mean riff on my heart strings. Spicy tacos, salsa bar, horchata, and fried peppers (that were outrageously hot, but usually not); if there was one of these in my neighborhood I’d be fat and broke. Still, I wish there was.
I’m a sucker for Taquerias, add the fresh fish available along the west coast and you’ve plucked a mean riff on my heart strings. Spicy tacos, salsa bar, horchata, and fried peppers (that were outrageously hot, but usually not); if there was one of these in my neighborhood I’d be fat and broke. Still, I wish there was.
Red Room the
1229 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90802
Skateboarders galore, and their tattooed friends. Skate videos supplanting the usual football game mind-sucker (see my other guide). Below is the intro to Lakai’s new video Fully Flared me and D watched jaws agape while playing pool and drinking salty dogz, we promptly bought the video the next day to watch all the way through. Nerds!
Skateboarders galore, and their tattooed friends. Skate videos supplanting the usual football game mind-sucker (see my other guide). Below is the intro to Lakai’s new video Fully Flared me and D watched jaws agape while playing pool and drinking salty dogz, we promptly bought the video the next day to watch all the way through. Nerds!
Puka Bar
710 W Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90806
We rolled up to this Tiki styled bar in a 1000 foot 50’s hearse. The bar and car are both highly recommended.
We rolled up to this Tiki styled bar in a 1000 foot 50’s hearse. The bar and car are both highly recommended.
Coffee Cup Cafe the
3734 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90814
Breakfast is important. I prefer mine to be eggy and spicy so as to soak up anything I did the night before that might be regrettable. Check!
Egg enchiladas smothered in sour cream.
Breakfast is important. I prefer mine to be eggy and spicy so as to soak up anything I did the night before that might be regrettable. Check!
Egg enchiladas smothered in sour cream.
Portfolio Coffee House
2300 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90814
West coasters know something about good coffee. So here it is, along with a nice selection of art and music magazines to peruse whilst sippin’ some tasty joey.
West coasters know something about good coffee. So here it is, along with a nice selection of art and music magazines to peruse whilst sippin’ some tasty joey.
Pike Bar & Fish Grill the
1836 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90802
Owned by a member / past member(?) of Social Distortion. I didn’t end up here on day 1, but I saw it while cruising on my borrowed cruiser. Punkers like good food and drinking, too.
Owned by a member / past member(?) of Social Distortion. I didn’t end up here on day 1, but I saw it while cruising on my borrowed cruiser. Punkers like good food and drinking, too.
Pike Bar & Fish Grill
Punks, PBR, and fish. Makes sense to me.
Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles
730 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802
Chicken & Waffles – who knew? Apparently Roscoe, who is a genius in many ways. There are a few of these around the L.A. area, so I don’t know if they’re all the same, but I hope so. The pink and teal fluorescent lighting lining the room is genius, as well as the cafeteria feel mixed with flowery grandma furniture.
The chicken is sumptuous, and the waffles are absurdly good. What do they put in those things to make them taste so good? I was hoping I’d see Snoop here.
Chicken & Waffles – who knew? Apparently Roscoe, who is a genius in many ways. There are a few of these around the L.A. area, so I don’t know if they’re all the same, but I hope so. The pink and teal fluorescent lighting lining the room is genius, as well as the cafeteria feel mixed with flowery grandma furniture.
The chicken is sumptuous, and the waffles are absurdly good. What do they put in those things to make them taste so good? I was hoping I’d see Snoop here.
Jyueahhh!
Long Beach Locations
Catalina Island
We spent two nights camping on Catalina Island in Little Harbor. Little Harbor is a 5 mile hike from Two Harbors with a great campground nestled in a valley leading out into a picturesque cove. We snorkeled, speargun fished, kayaked and lazed around enjoying food ,beer and fresh sea bass.
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
This place is a trip, all sorts of Hollywood peeps buried here. Mostly unknowns (to me), but as evidenced by the below photo there are some more famous people too.
Cinespia puts on weekly movie screenings here through the summer. Gotta do it!
This place is a trip, all sorts of Hollywood peeps buried here. Mostly unknowns (to me), but as evidenced by the below photo there are some more famous people too.
Cinespia puts on weekly movie screenings here through the summer. Gotta do it!
Hollywood Forever Cemetary
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Salvation Mountain
33.25364°, -115.47255°
Leonard Knight came to Slab City 25 years ago, decided to make a small monument to his faith, and 25 years later he’d created a monument. An estimated 100,000 gallons of paint, clay from the nearby Chocolate Mountains, hay trees from the surrounding area, and car windows and other found objects from the desert all combine to form a mind boggling piece of folk art. Leonard Knight is a simple genuine person who will gladly give you a tour of his work.
Leonard Knight & His Salvation Mountain
Santa Monica Pier
Guide photo (the Queen Mary docked in Long Beach) and above by Olivo Barbieri using tilt-shift lense technologies to make the real world look like a wee lil’ model.
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Rippin’ shows going on here. As well as a possible D sighting… The mysterious D’s…
Rippin’ shows going on here. As well as a possible D sighting… The mysterious D’s…
Museum of Jurassic Technology the
9341 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
Have you ever felt like you were in the midst of a joke you weren’t aware of and everyone around you was somehow in on it? Welcome to the first 10-15 minutes of The Museum of Jurassic Technology. Fear not, if you have any appreciation of people who are so driven in one little unusual niche area of interest (ex – the guy with the largest collection of hamburger memorabilia, who had a hamburger 3-wheel motorcycle) that they somehow bring a scientific knowledge to it, this is the place for you.
All the exhibits are usually based around one persons obsessive interest in something seemingly left-field, who in the end creates something beautiful. Microscopic mosaics made out of iridescent flakes of color extracted from butterfly wings, 3-dimensional sculptures constructed on the tip of a needle, collections of weather-worn dice, trailer park dioramas – everything in this place is fascinating, and without a place like this easily lost in time.
Have you ever felt like you were in the midst of a joke you weren’t aware of and everyone around you was somehow in on it? Welcome to the first 10-15 minutes of The Museum of Jurassic Technology. Fear not, if you have any appreciation of people who are so driven in one little unusual niche area of interest (ex – the guy with the largest collection of hamburger memorabilia, who had a hamburger 3-wheel motorcycle) that they somehow bring a scientific knowledge to it, this is the place for you.
All the exhibits are usually based around one persons obsessive interest in something seemingly left-field, who in the end creates something beautiful. Microscopic mosaics made out of iridescent flakes of color extracted from butterfly wings, 3-dimensional sculptures constructed on the tip of a needle, collections of weather-worn dice, trailer park dioramas – everything in this place is fascinating, and without a place like this easily lost in time.
MoJT Weirdness
Tell The Bees: Belief, Knowledge & Hypersymbolic Cognition
One of my favorite exhibits at the MoJT – “Exhibit Info: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/bees/bees.html”
Everything here is exhibited in a weird way.
Joshua Tree
The Joshua Tree National Park is warm in the daytime in December/January. It’s freezing literally 15 minutes after the sun goes down. We planned on camping there for three days over New Years. We made it two nights before deciding to head back to Long Beach.
But not before climbing all over the incredible rock formations and breaking in the new smoker D’s brother made (approximately 250 lbs.) with salmon, steak, and anything else that sounded good smoked.
The Joshua Tree
Here we are camping in the Joshua Tree. We look sullen because it was crazy cold, so we didn’t sleep well.
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In Long Beach now, can’t wait to get outside of conference room to check out the view from the Queen Mary!!
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Could’ve used this guide a few months ago when I was out there visiting, I had no clue where to go. Checked out the MJT though, that was quite bizarrely awesome.
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