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PICTURE THIS: It’s Football Season and Surf Meets Turf on Santa Monica Beach

Posted on September 12, 2012December 6, 2021 by L1OTB

Check out this fun retro image . . . featuring a bevy of 1930’s bathing beauties kicking off a huge football on the sands of Santa Monica beach!

To me, this photo perfectly captures how our Southern California seasons (and, yes, we do have them, folks . . . subtle as they may seem) crazily overlap. This time of year, days can climb 40 °F from morning until night . . .  as the last triple-digit days of summer intersect the much-anticipated start to the fall football season. How many of you Angelenos have noticed how the angle of the sun has now changed? The softer daylight hints at cooler days to come. To sum it up, So Cal beach days plus football games—really, could you ask for anything more? (Well, a winning team, of course!)

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2 thoughts on “PICTURE THIS: It’s Football Season and Surf Meets Turf on Santa Monica Beach”

  1. vivek dhyani says:
    April 20, 2016 at 1:55 am

    that’s a one big ball surrounded with hot girls !

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  2. Kristi says:
    October 16, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    The photo is very interesting. What is the weight of the huge football?

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