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"I Rode My Bicycle Through
Balboa And Fell In Love With The Scenery Here."
Ardee Allen
When Ardee Allen came to California
from North Dakota in 1983, her goal was to one day own her own tattoo
studio. So she saved up her money, and after working in a Laguna Beach
tattoo studio for four years she was able to go out on her own.
Ardee Allen Relaxes With Her
Faithful Friend Woody
Woody's Dream
Ardee discovered Balboa while on a
bike ride, and decided this was the place for her. She opened Skin Works
Tattoos at 313 E. Balboa Blvd.
At first Ardee wanted to keep a more subdue
appearance, then tattoos became really popular, and as she words it,
"Then we really started making money."
Suddenly, everyone from lawyers to
gardeners were coming in for tattoos. Ardee recalls, "My lawyer was
trading me his fees for tattoos. We get a lot of nurses. In the last few
years we get a lot of families. A family event. The whole family gets
tattoos."
A large Selection Of Tattoo
Art
Awaits Customers
Four years ago Ardee expanded and
added Riff Raf Body Piercing next door to her tattoo studio. She says, "I
just thought it went with tattoos. My intent was for it to be half the
jewelry I make." Ardee mines her own semi precious stones, then grinds
and polishes them herself.
A
Display Of Ardee's
Handcrafted Jewelry
Today Ardee owns
three tattoo studios in Orange County. As for her future, Ardee says,
"My ultimate goal is to become a real estate tycoon."
You can find out
more about Skin Works Tattoos by going to,
http://www.skinworks-rifraf.com
Words Of Wisdom
"You can fool some of the people
all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but can't fool
mom."
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Whale Watching
The California Gray Whale makes the most
spectacular and longest mass migration of any marine mammal. Gray Whales Migrate Annually
along the west coast of North America from the summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea to
the winter grounds of the Baja California lagoons and back again along the Orange County
coast during the months of December, January, February, March, and early April. Balboa's Sport
Fishing boats offer Whale Watching Cruses so that children and adults may thrill at the
sight of these magnificent mammals as they pass along the coast. For further information
contact:
Davey's
Locker
Newport LandingSport Fishing
Newport Whale Watching
Time Capsule
Big Al's Divorce
Big Al Landis
It was December 1983 when Big Al who was the
bartender at The Class of 47 decided it was time for her to get a
divorce. She had been separated from her husband Bill Clevenger for
several years and he lived in Nevada. Big Al had met her present husband
John Landis III and wanted to get a divorce so she could get married to
John. Big Al called Bill in Nevada and asked if he would get the
divorce. Bill agreed to do so if Big Al would send him $260.00. Big Al
sent him the money. Over the next year Big Al called Bill several times
asking how the divorce was going and was always given some excuse.
Finally Bill had come to Balboa for a visit and Big Al caught him and
questioned him at length. Bill finally confessed that he and a friend
blew the divorce money on a night at the notorious Mustang Ranch.
Viewer Email
Dear Jim:
My brother and I are always looking for Tim Morgon memorabilia,
specifically anything, old photos, Super 8 footage, menus, anything from
the Prison of Socrates that others might be willing, at our expense of
course, to share. Would you consider posting a notice of this letter
and with our e-mail address (ncampbel@slonet.org)
and we will share with any others Tim Morgon memorabilia that we have
and which others might be looking for. We are especially interested in
any Super 8 footage of the interior or exterior of the Prison of
Socrates. We have forever been trying to encourage Ted Nikas, former
owner of the Prison of Socrates to look for the film, "Dirty Feet," that
his ex-wife, Susan Renaker, also starred in and whose song, "Summertime
Wine," featured on the soundtrack of "Dirty Feet," which we have in
pristine condition, seems ironically to symbolize not only lost youth
but also a very lost to time coffee house called The Prison of
Socrates. I'm sure that Tim's mother, Venoa, probably has some of these
very items and it has occurred to us to write her at her address on
Harding Street but we are reluctant to ask anything of anyone unless
they really want to share, but it doesn't hurt to ask here where someone
can choose to respond or not to respond.
Yours sincerely, Nick and Mike Campbell
9325 Rivera Lane,B, Atascadero, CA 93422
(805) 461-9637
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