Shell Beach Motel in La Jolla, California

#3 in my mixed media with Encaustics series of Rooms with Views.  One of the best bargains in hotels used to be Shell Beach in La Jolla.  Situated near the cove, one could go snorkeling in the AM, then drive to the convention center in downtown San Diego for work at the comic convention, then drive back and watch the sunset in the PM.  My favorite room in 2002, when this sketch was done, was room 504.  Even then, the curtains were torn and there was mildew on the windows.  Unfortunately, since then the owners have let this prime location go completely to seed.  New reviews at tripadvisor.com rank the motel "terrible." 

La Jolla, California 1973

Photo taken in the backyard of the house Ilene O'Malley lived in in Bird Rock in 1973.  People identified:
1.  Herman Rumper
2.  Craig Lorenz
3.  Richard Becker
4.  Unknown
5.  John Lyons
6.  Marcia Wheeler
7.  John-Paul Carrere
8.  Jenny Paradies
9.  Ilene O'Malley
10.  Martha Kuhl
11.  Tom Peifer
12.  Unknown
13.  Betsy Jaffe
14.  Dean Altizer
15.  Raoul Contreras
16.  Kathleen Price
17.  Chris Baer
18.  Nancy Hoagland
19.  Unknown
20.  Greg Becker
21.  John McCarthy
22.  Tom Baer
23.  Unknown
24.  Joe Peretz
25.  Annie Peretz
26.  Unknown
27.  Barry Wayne
28.  Nancy Hancock
29.  Marty Baer
30.  Valerie Hans
31.  Robin Anderson
32.  Anna Price
33.  Barbara (then girlfriend of Rob Hillcrest)
34.  Bill Haverland
35.  Griff Stokes
36.  Paul Seaton
37.  Tom Moran
38.  Lucy Autrey