We Head For The Avalon Grill (Page Four)
In Comic Format...
The Stuffing Begins In Earnest
We had an interesting menu
Monica and Mike arrive early
The party can begin
Our table was a mile long.... for 26 of us
Decisions decisions
Hans got into the bread
Dang... the glass magically filled itself up
Brenda and Sam
Holly and Bill
Fred and Donna.... Mary is checking for light leaks
Ford and Jackie
Amy and Ken
Kathy and Ed
Bob gets all the girls
Herbie and Irene
Guy and Janet
We are right on the beach
Gail visits everyone
Herbie is looking for the chef....
Back rubs are us....
"I'll give you a week to stop"
"How big was the fish you saw today?"
Kerstin explains how a salad can have bones
Knock knock
Our table was a mile long
Only way to keep Paul quiet
Hans and Kerstin
Guy and Janet
Herbie is giving us the "evil eye"
Neat fan... We should put it on Herbie's golf bag
Ed and Amy
Amy, Ken and Ford
Ford and Jackie
Kathy likes fish
Fred and Donna
Donna and Holly
Shhhh, I am hiding
Holly and Bill
Brenda and Sam
Monica and Mike
Monica tells a story
Brave man... wears a white shirt to dinner with this crowd
Sue and Bob watch the cavorting that is underway
The pre-wedding dinner was next door and Gail got to mee the couple
Ta Dah
To The Movies... To See The Avengers
It was a pleasant stroll to the theater
The signs were posted
Tomorrow night will be spectacular
Did You Know? - Catalina Island Yacht Club is one of the oldest clubs on the West Coast. In 1893, a Catalina Yacht Club was formed by the Banning Brothers, then owners of Santa Catalina Island. In 1903, the boating residents of Avalon placed pilings for a yacht club in the approximate location of the present Catalina Island Yacht Club. The club was quite active until the great fire of Avalon in 1915, which burned the town of Avalon and bayside facilities. Fortunately, the pilings were spared.
In the early part of 1924, Art Sanger and James Jump, while fishing, decided that Catalina Island needed an "official" yacht club for boating enthusiasts. Mr. Jump secured the facility from the Catalina Island Company, and found thirty yachtsmen willing to pay the $100 initiation fee and dues, plus $400 on a promissory note, so the Catalina Island Yacht Club could build a club facility.
Eighteen of the original members of the Catalina Island Yacht Club were members of the Tuna Club, who desired an organized yachting and social club in addition to their fishing club. James Jump served as the first Commodore. Early club members included a number of well known Hollywood personalities including Tom Mix, Jack Warner, Rudolph Valentino, King Vidor, James Cagney, Jascha Heifetz, and Darryl F. Zanuck. During the war years, from 1942 to 1945, Catalina was largely closed to the public and the Club was used by the U.S. Merchant Marines.
The size fools people from a distance....
Did You Know? - The Avalon Theatre, on the first level, shows first-run movies nightly. The theatre has one movie screen and a seating capacity of 1154. The theatre is so well-insulated that patrons cannot hear the band playing or the 6,000+ dancers on the floor above, yet the acoustics are so good that a speaker on the theatre stage can speak in a normal voice without a microphone and be heard clearly by all in attendance.
Additionally, the theatre still has its original 4-manual, 16 rank theatre pipe organ built by the Page Pipe Organ Company of Lima, Ohio. It played every Friday and Saturday evening. The circular domed ceiling has remarkable acoustics studied by experts. The theatre lobby is paneled with walnut wood.
Heading for home....
Magnificent walk
Grappa ready to drink
Did You Know? - Grappa is an alcoholic beverage, a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin that contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume (70 to 120 US proof). It is similar to Spanish orujo, French marc, Georgian chacha, Portuguese bagaceira, Greek tsipouro, Bulgarian ракия (rakia), Serbian, Croatian (in Istria: rakija and grappa), Romanian tescovină, Albanian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Turkish rakı and Macedonian ракија.
A little dessert to cap off the evening....
Irene slugs it down.... SALUTE
The local police keep an eye on our table for some reason!
