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smog and noise and ratty looking people who I suspect are professional tourists from nearby Arizona and faraway Florida. bent on ruining the summer possibilities of Los Angeles and neighboring areas, although I for one cannot imagine myself spending the summer in Burbank or Glendale being nice to little children and their dogs. Santa Monica again

The beach the sight of the ocean the gay beach, the sights

Be not dismayed if a blanket on the sand and suntan lotions is your lot again this year maybe next year that moviestar will run over your foot on the corner of Hollywood and La Brea, going to or coming from the wellknown hole of shirtless Knights of the nights and their attendant ladies. If this happens, you can promise not to sue and go yachting farther afield next year, and I do mean have a nice cruiseBut if like many others you have to bear with sunshine and sandwiches do not be a spoilsport for others in the same boat and complain all the time

Let your eye rove over the scene of your summer let-down, things have been known to pick up in a hurry

Smile and let yourself go. We all have to grin and bear it sometimes

A coffee shop after the bars close offers congenial company and a chance to showoff that daring neckline in some of the more darling shirts and jackets now on display in certain of Hollywood's popular and cheap men's stores. Delicious food and gossip among delightful company some of whom are sure to be recovering from delicate burns or nursing delectable scandals, helps to revive heart and soul after a long day on the beach or a hard night on the rocks Or an all night movie where one can stay up late enough to see what happens to the vampires at dawn-

For the guys I suggest a relaxing hour or two at one of the city's half dozen bath houses but bring your own steam, some of the nights get pretty cold there

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