AFFILIATED NATIONALLY WITH JUNE 2013 SERVING THE NATURIST COMMINUTY FOR OVER ELEVEN YEARS VOL. 12 NO. 06 NAKED L.A. BIKERS PREPARE FOR ANNUAL RIDE THROUGH DOWNTOWN STARTING LOCATION IS CHANGED FROM SCNA EVENTS IN JUNE 2013 LAST YEAR Saturday June 8, Noon - 5:00 pm This is not an SCNA-sponsored event, but many members Annual World Naked Bike Ride, downtown LA enjoy participating in this annual 10-mile ride through the Saturday June 15, Noon – 7 pm heart of Los Angeles, where clothing is optional during the Pool Party, West Hills two and a half hours it takes to complete the course. This Los June 22-23, 10:30 am Angeles event last year drew about 250 riders. Thousands of Deep Creek Hike bicycle riders in over 200 cities worldwide are expected to June2911AM–8pm participate on the same day. Carpinteria Independence Day Parade Please note that the backyard where Monthly Meet-up Dinner Meetings we have assembled prior to the ride Tuesday, June 11, 6:45 – 8:30 pm,, Van Nuys these past few years is not available, Friday, June 14, 6:45 – 8:30 pm, Ventura so organizers have found a new Monday June 17, 6:45 – 8:30 pm, Pasadena location a few miles away. Tuesday, July 18, 6:45 – 8:30pm Carpinteria This new location will not be Wednesday, June 26, 6:45 – 8:30 pm, Torrance revealed to the general public but only to the riders about 48 hours SCNA EVENTS IN JULY 2013 before the event begins. So if you Saturday July 6, Noon – 7pm want to know the location, you have to sign up! Go to the SCNA Beach Party, Bates Beach WNBR-LA Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com//events/353542894705980/ Saturday July 13, Noon – 7pm or else sign up at: www.worldnakedbikeride-la.org. Skinny-Dip Pool Party, Member’s Meeting and Elections Remember there is also a serious side to the WNBR. The Saturday July 20, 7pm-10pm reason we ride is to draw attention to alternative forms of Nude at the Art Museum, South Bay energy besides gasoline, and also alternative forms of Sunday July 28, 11:30am-2:30pm transportations besides automobiles. However city streets are Nude Bowling often unsafe for bike riders, so our third message is to ask MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! Saturday August 3 drivers to watch out for bike riders. Annual Naked Games Day, Deer Park Many participants hang signs over their bodies advocating Monthly Meet-up Dinner Meetings these issues. (Example: “Do I have to be naked before you’ll Tuesday, July 9, 6:45 – 8:30 pm, Van Nuys pay attention to me?”) Others will apply the message directly Friday, July 12, 6:45 – 8:30 pm Ventura to their bare skin using body paint. The choice of what to Monday July 15, 6:45 – 8:30 pm, Pasadena wear (or not) is totally yours. Tuesday, July 16, 6:45pm – 8:30pm Carpinteria Because you are riding on a public street, photography by the Wednesday, July 24, 6:45 – 8:30 pm, Torrance general public is legally allowed. If that makes you nervous, you may want to be partially clothed, but you can ride as bare © COPYRIGHT 2013, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NATURIST ASSOCIATION, A as you dare. Above all, have fun getting out the message when NON-PROFIT 501(C) CORPORATION, CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA, USA. ALL a pedestrian or a motorist asks what is going on (this happens RIGHTS RESERVED. IMAGES AND TEXT ARE THE PROPERTY OF SCNA AND many times during the ride). Be polite, smile and enjoy the CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT ADVANCED WRITTEN PERMISSION. startled look on the un-prepared onlookers as you streak by. See the Activities Calendar on page 8 for more information. SCNA Newsletter for June 2013 Page 1 of 12 as the open and friendly attitude of the nudist community. We SCNA ACTIVITY NEWS hope they get an A! Later the group posed for our traditional group photo wearing sombreros to mark the occasion. Thank you Michael for hosting the event! SCNA’S WEST L.A. FIESTA PARTY LIVES UP TO ITS NAME Saturday, May 11 – The theme for our party each May is Viva Fiesta, and members certainly rose to the occasion this year with some amazing Mexican dishes for us to enjoy. The pot luck included some excellent homemade dishes, from enchiladas and chili relleno to tacos to fruit salad, it was all good! I give a special mention to Melanie, who cooked up a potato salad that had a special delayed kick to it. The brownies, apple pie, and turnovers completed the feast. Thanks to all who contributed. And let us not forget the sunshine! May is notorious for gray skies over LA but not this day. The sky was clear and bright, and many spent the afternoon laying out on the lawn working on their new tans. Mike brought out his "Catch Phrase" game, and Rolf brought his “Cards Against Humanity,” another favorite. Afterwards, Akila brought out her homemade sheet cakes so the club could celebrate the birthdays of both Tim and Ricc. Visiting the party were Melanie and Nathan, a couple of NEW MEET-UP LOCATION journalism students from CSUN who interviewed members for a school project. They said they were quite impressed with the OPENS IN CARPINTERIA number of people who came (nearly 3 dozen) as well Beginning June 18, and every third Tuesday of the month thereafter, SCNA is expanding north with a new monthly dinner meeting in Carpinteria for its Friends of Bates Beach (FOBB) division. This new location is the Best Western Carpinteria Inn at 4558 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria 93013, about a quarter-mile west of Linden Ave. on the north side of the street adjacent to the 101 Freeway. Directions may be found on page 7. FOBB will host the dinner meeting starting at 6:45PM to about 8:30PM. The meeting is in a second floor meeting area (just to the right of the elevators) with a huge picture window overlooking the atrium gardens below. The hotel serves “restaurant-style” meals ($10-$15), but sandwiches, salads, and appetizers in the $6-9 range are also available. While all Meetup meetings serve as a great introduction to those curious about nude recreation, this Carpinteria meeting will mostly focus on the status of nude recreation in Santa Barbara county and protecting the existing beaches there. Sign up at http://www.meetup.com/Friends-of-Bates-Beach/ SCNA Newsletter for June 2013 Page 2 of 12 70 years, as one of the finest family diners in the San Gabriel Valley featuring classic American comfort food including their signature burgers, onion rings, and hand-scooped fountain specialties. In honor of their anniversary, certain menu items had 1970’s prices! If you’re ever in the area, I highly recommend a visit to Twohey’s (Huntington Drive at Atlantic Blvd.) for a great meal! Thanks to our friends from the Olympians for inviting us to this very enjoyable event! MEMBERS ENJOYS ANNUAL PIRATES PARTY AT OLIVE DELL By Tim Doggett 05/25/13 - Memorial Day weekend once again saw several members of the Southern California Naturist Association in SCNA AND OLYMPIANS VISIT attendance to eat some ribs and enjoy the day at the resort. The morning entertainment included piratey games and a dunk HUNTINGTON LIBRARY tank for raising funds for the youth programs at the club. By Rolf Holbach The drone of fire-fighting In 1902, railroad, utility, and real estate magnate Henry E. aircraft was just part of the Huntington moved his business operations to Los Angeles and backdrop on this warm and bought a ranch in San Marino near Pasadena. Besides sunny Southern California overseeing his empire, Henry was an avid collector of rare Saturday. It would take books, art, and held a special interest in botanical gardens more than a brush fire filled with exotic plants from around the world. To that end he several miles away to developed his property, now simply known as “The dampen the spirits of the Huntington,” to reflect these three different facets of his attendees of the annual passion. Pirates Day at Olive Dell The Library is one of the world’s premier research libraries Ranch! housing some of the rarest books and manuscripts of western The evening entertainment began with a performance of semi- civilization. For example, among the items on display were risque sea shanties by “The Salty Sea Dogs.” The group one of the original manuscripts of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales consisted of resort residents working hard to entertain the from 1410, one of the first Gutenberg Bibles on vellum, a first crowd. An intermission followed as the main pirate show was edition of Audubon’s Birds of America, and rare early editions prepared. When "Captain Jack" arrived he presented a fun of Shakespeare’s works. The library also has a vast collection array of antics with parrots and macaws, sword fighting of original material that spans the history of the American demonstrations, the pirate oath, and piratical humor. A West. highlight of the show was the chance for members of the The Art Gallery displays 1200 pieces in one the finest audience, including our own SCNA members, to handle the collections of European Art extending from the 15th through birds (see photo of Paki and her “featured child” above). the 19th centuries. Among the original paintings were Following the Pirate show there was a brief fire-eating Gainsborough’s Blue Boy and Lawrence’s Pinkie. There is a demonstration, and then the band began to play for the separate gallery of American art representing the Colonial evening dance and Pirate costume parade.