Manhattan Beach

[Michael Bailey]

Thanks Penny.  I sure would like one, please.  The homemade camper
sounds like something Zoyd might have borrowed!

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Penny Padgett
Harper<padgett.harper at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Long-time listener, occasional caller!
>
> My brother Bob Padgett has lived in Manhattan Beach for lo these many years.
> I forwarded to him some of the gossip about Pynchon's time there, and this
> is his response:
>
>>I lived across the street at 208-33rd
>>Street I think his mind plays tricks with age, however.  Either that or he
>>is using literary license.  I was stopped any number of times by cops in
>>that era and was NEVER asked for my draft card.  I would have suggested that
>>it was not their business if they DID ask.  Fractured cow and El Tarasco
>>(The Galley) were haunts of ours, especially the latter.  The garbage
>>burrito was more than you could eat for a couple of bucks.  Late night
>>eating binges, unhealthy, but nobody cared in those days.
>>
>>Also a question; why would Pynchon STAY in MB so many years if it was such a
>>fascist environment?
>>
>>Either Or was a fab bookstore, a little Powell's with cats roaming around.
>>Closed a couple of years ago (sob!).
>
> He has also sent me a photo of himself and a buddy of his, hanging out on
> Marine Drive near a funny old homemade camper that the buddy lived in, circa
> 1970.  Good local color, which I will forward to anyone who's interested.
>
> Penny Padgett Harper
>
>
>



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