Oh my Gawd! Mike's Munchies is no longer operating and Marina Pacifica
is a dump. My brother still lives in Long Beach and when I visit I try
to do a little "shadow dancing" and feel out my old haunts. I no longer
drink (serious allergy) so the clubs have a really different feel to
them. Then you are probably familiar with Strawberry Fields "head shop"
and the Association, Cosmos and Opus 5 folk clubs. I used to hustle
pool at Big John's. Did you ever attend the St. Patrick's Day parade
from Kelley's Bar in Naples to an Irish bar in Seal Beach or was it vise
versa.
I love this!
Love & Peace, Barbara Hirahara
Kakki wrote:
>
> Oh my Gawd Barbara! Mike's Munchies - that's where my friends and I went
> out on "special occasions" when we were starving poor in our 20s! I lived
> in Seal Beach - on10th Street - from '76 - '79. I had to moonlight back
> then painting dolls' heads at night just to afford gasoline and Joni albums
> ;-) Where did they re-open - in Marina Pacifica?
>
> Kakki
>
> > In my 20's I spent a lot of time with good friends listening to Joni.
> > We used to frequent a sandwich shop in Long Beach called "Mike's
> > Munchies." It first opened in the very early '70's on Long Beach
> > Boulevard. You had to be hip to know what the "Munchies" part of the
> > name meant. I was saddened by its closure as it was in my favorite "pan
> > handling" area and they served great soup.
> >
> > I was hitching a ride with friends one day and a driver picked us up and
> > asked if we would like to go to lunch. He took us to Mike's Munchies, lo
> and behold
> > there was a bigger than life sized mural of Joni on the wall. Mike's
> > had reopened in a very exclusive shopping area near Hwy. 101 between the
> > Naples area and Seal Beach. They played Joni quite often. Anyone else
> > know of it? I would love to hear of it.
> >
> > Love & Peace, Barbara Hirahara
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