December 13, 2004
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The Daily News
1 The totally AMAZING 49ers finally walked off with a win yesterday. I'm glad that they were classy enough not to run up points just to land a good bowl game. The Merc News' headline this morning: No Choke: 49ers win in overtime. Whew. I guess I could now switch my focus to the beach. Sunny day...winter beach...the very essence...sifting sand...seque...to....
2 I loved reading in yesterday's Merc about how Huntington Beach has beat out Santa Cruz as being the sole owner of the now trademarked handle, Surf City. The article, written by Ken McLaughlin, was as sunny and breezy as a winter day at the beach, with fun tidbits, such as this: "Dean Torrence, half of the legendary duo of Jan & Dean, is backing Huntington Beach...Torrence co-wrote the 1963 surfing anthem 'Surf City' with partner Jan Berry and Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys...Huntington Beach...was indeed one of his favorite surfing spots..."
3 I never knew that Brian Wilson, the irrefutable rock genius, penned that great surf song which begins, "I got a '34 Wagon and they call it a Woody..." Clean, fun, and breezy.
4 Stating a case for Santa Cruz bearing the title of Surf City, Mclaughlin informs us that "In 1885, three Hawaiian princes, using milled redwood planks as surfboards, introduced the sport to the mainland at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz." So, just who really is THE Surf City? Santa Cruz, or Huntington?
5 Either way, I'm all about the BEACH in the winter. I have been itching to jump the hill and go Christmas shopping in Capitola. Good idea, no? The weather lately has been absolutely beautiful beach weather. The BEACH in the winter, d00d.
6 The beach is a place where a man can feel he's
the only soul in the World that is real...
---Pete Townshend
7 The past few years we have taken a few excursions, and every single time it has been magical! One evening last year, the Christmas lights danced on the tips of the waters off the Capitola pier. From a distance, the lights of that small town twinkled at us, and we smiled at the moon and the stars. Another time brought a few of us out there at sunset, where a bunch of people in wetsuits gathered in a formation on the BEACH. Turns out it was a surf wedding, complete with bride in veil and groom with tie, but in wetsuits!
8 Another time, three of us stood on a third balcony overlooking the beach, and I brought out the guitar, and we serenaded Christmas Caroles to a delighted populace below.
9 We once gathered ourselves the nerve to walk into the Capitola Theatre, where we were met by a rather gracious gal, who gave us a little talk about the history of the place, as well as its ghost. Just grand stuff.
10 Perhaps my favorite moment was when this old lady saw me with my guitar, and wanted me to serenade her, so I obliged with "I Only Have Eyes for You", which I knew she would know, and watching her lips move to the song was a whole bunch of the stuff of life...
11 Even earlier this year, a small group of us just decided to pop over the hill and get to Capitola, where we rented a motor boat and a kayak, and cruised around the ocean just to revive our spirits. We finished up, went into some shops, and goofed off, but it was just great.
12 Good times.
13 As always, in this life, and in the next, I always look to the sea...
14 The sea tells our story.
15 I'm convinced it also knows our story...
16 Look to the sea.
17 Peace.
17 d00d.
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