tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post115588340757210049..comments2024-03-28T02:29:04.350-07:00Comments on Orange County Memories: Memories of Gary ZarembaSteve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254867681706917705noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-45009350537732462232013-08-02T23:57:33.014-07:002013-08-02T23:57:33.014-07:00the green lantern the green lantern Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-38322160038336187922011-02-20T23:00:51.055-08:002011-02-20T23:00:51.055-08:00I teach in Yorba Linda. Many of my students come f...I teach in Yorba Linda. Many of my students come from Atwood. These families go back a number of generations with many cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents living within close proximity of each other. The neighborhoods are comprised of mostly small homes, not apartments. This community developed originally around workers and the orange packing plants. This explains why they are so close the railroad tracts.Christine Pereznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-54056905349433738752011-02-20T08:48:54.834-08:002011-02-20T08:48:54.834-08:00Rob,
That bar in Atwood was Bonnie's Place. Ju...Rob,<br />That bar in Atwood was Bonnie's Place. Just closed recently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-27127449161488476412008-12-05T19:39:00.000-08:002008-12-05T19:39:00.000-08:00I lived in Laguna Beach from 1964 thru 1970. I was...I lived in Laguna Beach from 1964 thru 1970. I was 6 to 12 years-old, so I do remember a lot of what you had mentioned. <BR/>I remember, Victor Hugo's restaurant. I specifically remember eating a fried abalone plate there on one of my Birthday's. Actually I just ate the abalone and not the plate! It was the one and only time I think "I" ate there and not just my parents by themselves. It was considered expensive at the time and my parents were far from rich, but back then you could be kind'a poor and live in Laguna Beach. I always thought it was so cool to see the people eating there outdoors through the wind protective glass and lit torches. I also remember riding down Pacific South Coast Blvd. and seeing the "Greeter" (Eilen Larson) wave to us and all the other cars going by. He usually was around the Hotel Laguna or near Main Beach. <BR/>My mom would take us kids to the Pottery Barn once in a while. Of course my brother and me were not that interested in pottery, but would hang around the Greeter's statue outside on the corner, while my Mom would shop and usually ending up buying anything. <BR/>My dad would take us kids to a place, I think called "The Penguin". They served great burgers and super good malts and shakes. The kind where they gave you the steel canister with a full glass. I think they were located on the West side of PCH, a few blocks South of Thalia St. There was a place called "Tortilla Flats", a converted house on the East side of PCH and "Ford's Pizza" in South Laguna.<BR/> I also remember all the hippie head shops. We would go in there to see all the cool beads and buy sticks of inscense. I remember seeing James Bond, "Thunderball" when it came out in 1965 at the Laguna Theater at PCH and Broadway St.<BR/>My dad and me would go all over the back hills of Laguna and hike all over. we'd pick Prickly Pears off cactus and bring them home for Mom to make Jam. One us kids or the dog would end up getting those Choya or "jumping cactus's" stuck on us somewhere.Or worse than that, poison oak.<BR/>I remember body surfing and skim boarding, since I wasn't very good at surfing. We would go to many of the beaches that had public stair access. At night we would have beach parties and bon fires with family friends, it was a great time. In the Summer time we would go to the Laguna Beach High school pool and pay 50 cents to swim all day. <BR/>I remember the first year the "Sawdust Festival" went up, it was real hippie back then, almost like a "Renaissance Fair" without the medieval drag and lot's of sawdust down your deck shoes!<BR/>For a treat our parents would drive us up to Balboa for frozen banana and then go to the Fisherman's Dory at Newport Beach for some fish fillets. This was back when all the fisherman were in rows behind tables cutting up and selling their catch. It wasn't very commercial then. <BR/><BR/>I know there is lot more memories, but here are a few of mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-3167864319153737202008-11-30T05:00:00.000-08:002008-11-30T05:00:00.000-08:00I actually bought the book Fahrenheit 451 at that ...I actually bought the book Fahrenheit 451 at that same named bookstore when I didn't know it was named that; we had just walked in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-60504683649510225222008-03-01T17:18:00.000-08:002008-03-01T17:18:00.000-08:00hello tought i would leave my email address love t...hello tought i would leave my email address love to here from anyone with memories of newport from the early 60s rendevoous ,newport pier ,wedge , still a few i would like to chat with terry aka yogiyogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756543968624268828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-60254619692744004542008-02-29T08:52:00.000-08:002008-02-29T08:52:00.000-08:00oh course i rember the newport pier brings back of...oh course i rember the newport pier brings back of happy toughts used to hang out there in the early 1960s there are a few i would like to find from the old days and the pier and rendevoous ballroom rita ,terri lee ,funny sonny ,mouse ,spider aka sally ,jackie ,budda ,hoot the surfarri truck, toni d.4th of july at scottsman cove tery AKA YOGIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-49860767719544555912007-12-06T16:37:00.000-08:002007-12-06T16:37:00.000-08:00Atwood is still a neighborhood, if not officially....Atwood is still a neighborhood, if not officially. Don't know if it's been offically incorporated into Placentia or Yorba Linda by now but there is a gang named Atwood [that rivals Plas in Placentia and La Jolla in that same area] that still claims the neighborhood. There was some development in that area but it still looks like old OC -- with the traintracks and the oil dereks. The old Sunkist Factory used to be right by there, too. Last time I drove by there was still an onld junk yard and some shanty-looking mechanics in the area. There used to be the diveiest of bars right across the street from Atwood -- I wish I could recall the name.A&EOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778129077304981325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-17893047757743030662007-11-04T18:04:00.000-08:002007-11-04T18:04:00.000-08:00We drove straight down Orangethorpe through Atwood...We drove straight down Orangethorpe through Atwood to get to the original "Knowlwood" restaurant...it was in the boonies back then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-40419343183385356982007-10-21T19:11:00.000-07:002007-10-21T19:11:00.000-07:00I was at the Newport Pop festivals at Costa Mesa a...I was at the Newport Pop festivals at Costa Mesa and Devonshire Downs also as well as the mentioned one in Palms Springs. The Palme Springs one was actually on Spring Break in 1969. There were two festivals. The 1st one was at a drive-in movie theater with John Mayall headlining. The othe was at the Angels practice stadium with Canned Heat headlining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-74237324117937231412007-07-03T21:50:00.000-07:002007-07-03T21:50:00.000-07:00Gary:Appreciate your thoughts and comments on Atwo...Gary:<BR/><BR/>Appreciate your thoughts and comments on Atwood. I grew up in the Santa Ana Canyon in the 1950's and my Dad always went to the Richfield gas station in Atwood. Other than a wrecking yard and the Post Office, there wasn't much else in Atwood back then. It was a good place to watch the trains. The Santa Fe was still using their biggest steam locomotives back then, even when diesels were tredding into their territory.<BR/><BR/>VinceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-62718558203363602382007-06-23T19:49:00.000-07:002007-06-23T19:49:00.000-07:00Oh my goodness. What memories! My dad was actually...Oh my goodness. What memories! My dad was actually a blimp pilot and he used to fly over our little suburban house in Costa Mesa (referred to as Goat Hill, lol). I was so proud when he would come to elementary school (I think it was Fairview at the time) and the kids though he was beyond cool. I hadn't thought about the huge hangers in eons until there was a show on them last night. <BR/><BR/>Ha, I also remember my parents thinking South Coast Plaza would never "make it" cause it was too far in the sticks. <BR/><BR/>Yep, the Newport Pier, the Greeter...so many memories. Not even going to get into the 60's when everything seemed to change. I think it was a wonderful time to "grow up." Such ideals we had...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-65864294057595263112007-06-22T17:26:00.000-07:002007-06-22T17:26:00.000-07:00The Victor Hugo ....ah what fun memories! The Lon...The Victor Hugo ....ah what fun memories! The Long Beach location was, at times, more convenient for me as I worked in that city. I knew the maitre'd, Jimmy Richmond. His son, Frank, and I went to Huntington High and were also in the Air Force together ....he, an officer, and I, a lowly enlisted man!<BR/>Frank and his dad went on to open Francois' Manhattan in Long Beach and, most notably, Francois' in Huntington on Beach. truly fun times. Don and Jerry entertained there in the early 70's for weeks on end. Great food and great times. Jimmy and Frank also opened a seafood restaurant in Lomita on PCH, but I can't remember the name right now. Also great food.<BR/>Now, does anyone remember Don the Beachcomber's? Right next to the then, I believe, Hurley Bell ....now Five Crowns. Someone tell me I'm not losing it and that there really was a Don the Beachcomber's at that location!<BR/>Another spot I liked to frequent (in those days I frequented a ton of bars and restaurants!) was the Jamaica Inn ....I believe at Avocado and PCH or at Bayside and PCH. Again .....memory - ain't what it used to be!<BR/>Bob Kingmajskykinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520488257603051194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-69425198476822350792007-05-19T13:56:00.000-07:002007-05-19T13:56:00.000-07:00Anyone remember Cars of the Stars?It had the origi...Anyone remember Cars of the Stars?<BR/><BR/>It had the original Batmobile and a whole bunch of vehicles from the movies including Robby the Robot, and a section devoted to horror film props. We are talking 1981, very close to Disneyland off Ball Road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com