This building still stands today at the corner of Palm and Balboa Blvd and has significant interest to the GoodieGoodieGoodie.com IT Director! He used to live upstairs in this building. I just added this postcard to my collection and it was mailed in 1939 to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
This is a great music video….sorry for the lack of post…been sooooo busy…be back soon!
Dog days of summer equal beach time fun and sand castle making. Of course I took it one step further and made a custom 30 gallon trash can mold to begin my sand castle. After one day the wind got to it and turned it into mother natures masterpiece.
Reported shark encounter with a surfer near Santa Ana River Jetties. Beach was still closed as of this morning with lifeguards making announcements over their loudspeakers. Also strange to note that all lifeguard towers were displaying the red flag after news of a shark in the water. The TV helicopters were above for a few hours as well. Over the past weekend I had a friend tell me he had seen a large fin out in front of HQ.
Coming to your beach soon! I predict that we are only witnessing the very begging of this type of technology. Imagine one day a beach bot that scurries across the sand picking up trash and other debris.
I’m seeing pocket hammocks all over the place this summer but this setup is unique. These guys were camping out in the 56st lot this morning.
All for fun rough housing with Costa resulted in a head wound for Eli. I guess they connected heads just right and it popped an old stitches scar right open. Both Eli and Costa are fine and it was a freak accident!
Summer sunsets over the Palos Verde Peninsula have been amazing with the clouds we have been having.
Below is a front cover of an envelope commemorating the 25th anniversary of Newport/Balboa Tournament of Lights on July 22nd, 1933. What now is the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade originally took place in the peak weeks of summer. For more history on it you can click here.
Newport Harbor Patrol should put one of these on the budget for next year.
A tiny art piece I created last week. Features a Shiva shell on a bed of red coral. If you look closely you can see a black fly flew into the piece when it was drying.
See everyone tomorrow at HQ. Festivities will kick off around 1pm, BYOB and snacks. I will have a few things to BBQ. Contact me if you have questions.
A new song by The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip. I’m pumping you up for the big 4th of July weekend!
Here is another vintage Newport Beach image from my collection. It features what appears to be the American Legion’s boat-car and most likely dates back to the earlier days of the Legion in the mid 30’s to 40’s. I wish I had this vehicle to cruise around in for the 4th of July this weekend. Wonder if this vehicle/boat still exists to this day?
Here is an image my sister took of Scott Montoya, the drummer from the Growlers. Scott was surfing in front of HQ this weekend and it reminded me of the day Aimee took these…..so I had to put it up.
