Channing Pollock, world class magician, movie star but most of all a spiritual person.
(My photo of Channing taken at San Gregorio Farms in the 1970s)
How could you forget….
Dan’s Motor Court……………. where, when the days of Moss Beach’s drive-in motel were numbered –(the land overlooking the ocean was worth more as residential property)– the art on the walls consisted of photographs snipped out from magazines and taped to the walls. Gone now, I miss seeing Dan’s when I drive through Moss Beach. All we have is this photographic memory.
Front, Back….and Sideways….and, yes, I once slept there…
Overlooking Moss Beach: Where the ocean is Pacific
Hello!
At Moss Beach Old Rocks Don’t Crumble….
They just wear away:
House Searching: If You Didn’t Find It….
Here’s what the R. Guy Smith house in Moss Beach looked like in the 1970s, with, Larry, the proud owner sitting on the steps.
To remind you what the house looked like when R. Guy Smith lived there:
1996: Wishing You A Most Magical Holiday
Some posts back I wrote about the famous magician, Channing Pollock, who lived with his beautiful , artistic wife, Cori, in a spectacular home overlooking the Pacific in Moss Beach. Christmas, 1996 Cori and Channing sent me (and all their friends and loved ones) a very special “Holiday Greetings” from Moss Beach. Cori has since passed, and Channing has moved away, but I will never forget these creative and spiritual people who touched my life.
Pictured: L-R Richard Blum, Cori Pollock, Richard Gere, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. Guest of Cori’s daughter Rosemary Shoong at a Benefit for the American Himalayan Foundation.
The Moss Beach home in the photo above was originally built by Skipper Kent (see earlier post where I go to Hawaii and visit Skipper Kent), who operated a restaurant in San Francisco, and later moved to Hawaii. I believe after Skipper Kent, a California Senator resided there.
The Coastside’s Mr. Smith: R. Guy, that is!
Yeah, yeah, I talk about R. Guy Smith a lot–but he took the most fantastic photographs of the Coastside — I don’t know what we would do without his creative eye.
Here’s his house; it’s still standing in Moss Beach, on the west side, and last I looked, it was in mint condition. That’s R. Guy (the “R” stands for Raymond) and his car in front of the house. 
When you’re taking a walk through Moss Beach, you might take a look at the old post office on Highway 1 and then head over to the west side to find Mr. Smith’s house.
He was a man who had his fingers in everything. Here’s a letter from San Francisco Mayor James “Sunny Jim” Rolph to our Mr. R. Guy Smith, dated 1922. Smith was at the beginning of his tenure as Moss Beach Postmaster. The Mayor is accepting an invitation to a Postmaster’s convention. Click to enlarge.
Many Rains Ago
Many moons ago–A very rainy day in Moss Beach, with flooding. R. Guy Smith’s electrical company building/ real estate office/former post office and the onetime home of the Coastside Comet newspaper stands in the background.. Today, modern homes sit on the hillside behind Smith’s longtime headquarters. : 
Postal Order Model
The sign beside this lovely Coastsider reads: Postal Order, etc. She’s probably posing at the old Moss Beach post office. Although too dark, this image has always been a favorite of mine and so I am sharing it with you.