Hidden inside a senior rec center just before the Santa Monica Pier sits a camera obscura (Latin for dark chamber), an optical device that gives you a 360-panaramic view of Santa Monica from a darkened room known as a "collecting space" or "locked treasure room." It is one of the inventions that led to modern photography.
Closes early. Call before you show up. They were closed the last time we went. Nonetheless, we were greeted at the entrance by a large rat in the throes of death. And don't mind the the mumbling homeless man.
Senior Recreation Center
1450 Ocean Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
(310) 458-8644
It was here on the sidewalk where Rebel Without a Cause actor, Sal Mineo, was stabbed and robbed in 1976 at the age of 37. He was returning home from rehearsals for the play P.S. You Cat is Dead.
Seeing as none of us woke up till noon, breakfast at Hugo's turned into lunch at the oldest Bob's Big Boy. Big Boy Combo with a Root Beer Float. I'm getting all gassy just thinking about it.
4211 West Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91505-4146
(818) 843-9334
"Stop worrying. Hollywood won't turn your daughter into a nymphomaniac or get her hooked on drugs... I will."
-Bill Maher
Basis for the Johnny Rockets restaurants. Opened in 1947. Our server had been working there 30 years. My entire life! From the time I was born until the time I sat down at that counter... he's been flipping burgers. That hurts my head. The Apple Pan appears in James Ellroy's 1981 novel, Brown's Revenge. David Sedaris discusses a trip to the Apple Pan in the story "A Can of Worms" from his book Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim.
10801 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064-2105
(310) 475-3585
Hidden inside a senior rec center just before the Santa Monica Pier sits a camera obscura (Latin for dark chamber), an optical device that gives you a 360-panaramic view of Santa Monica from a darkened room known as a "collecting space" or "locked treasure room." It is one of the inventions that led to modern photography.
