Re: RARA-AVIS: Willeford

James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 19:05:33 -0500 (CDT) At 07:18 PM 8/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
>In Grimhaven, Willeford wrote: "[Hoke] saw a perfect motel in Redondo
>Beach, but he didn't stop because it was Redondo Beach. He shuddered.
>Every cop in America had heard about Redondo Beach"
>
>What had they heard? Does anyone know what this is referring to? I
>sure don't.
>
>Mark
>
This is just a guess, but Redondo Beach used to have a bit
of a reputation as a gay hangout (I seem to recall that Patti Smith did a
song about it)....don't know if this had connotations of hustling or not.

James
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net

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