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Jack in the Box Head On Top of La Jolla High’s Flagpole

mac meda — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:35:22 +0000

Senior pranks tend to be an unofficial tradition at most high schools, similar to the unofficial senior skip day. It is crucial to find the perfect prank; one must realized the fine line between harmless and mischievous and vandalism or criminal. Some of the typical ones are TPing the school grounds or passing a beach [...]

End of an Era in La Jolla – The Way We Were, by Tommy Carroll

mac meda — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0000

. I was sent this the other day, and even if it is a bit before Mac Media, it is a classic of what La Jolla was in the late 1940s and set the foundation for the craziness and bizarre times of the 1960s and 70s. Many will recognize the dads and moms of their friends and [...]

Date Night in Tijuana, Mexico – Long Bar, Peeing and Coffee Cans

mac meda — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:00:36 +0000

Coffee cans played a major role in a road trip to Tijuana, Mexico. When Folgers came out with their one gallon cans, it set a new trend in date night to the Long Bar. It took a pretty savvy and opened minded girl to head to TJ and bar hop with her boyfriend. Most only went [...]

Police Raid WindanSea, La Jolla – Mac Meda July, 1968, Convention

mac meda — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:32:37 +0000

. Brian Munoz probably summarized it best; after getting a few “to-go orders” for a beer run, he went to the Liquor Box, filled his truck with cases, and when he started pulling out of the parking lot heading down Nautilus St - that’s when he slammed on his brakes. He suddenly had become the caboose [...]

Carmel Valley – Adobe House Convention

mac meda — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:59:12 +0000

As Red Mountain Inn owner, David Osborn said in a comment, “Mac Meda’s conventions had to move around a bit. The cops were always looking to bust the next one.” Besides, Browns Ranch, WindanSea and Sea Lane, there was the coolest of all coolest places to have a Convention. This editor knew it as [...]

Nate Parrish – La Jolla Volleyball Champ, Model, and First Streaker

mac meda — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:09:46 +0000

Some of the people pictured are, Patty Brewer Macpherson (Roman lady), Pat Shea (ballerina) Brunette on far right is Little John Sylvada’s girlfriend, Jack (Roman Solder). Jack always had the photo of Pat Shea framed …and there was this infamous quote to his wife Pinky, “Bring my real [...]