Comments for Zumajim http://blog.zumajim.net Raves from the Waves of Malibu Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:14:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by John Cougar http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-960 John Cougar Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:14:00 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-960 I love it! I also grew up in San Fernando (Woodland Hills). Happiest time of my life in fact. Anyways, I was probably seven or eight at the time and remember the kid across the street telling me about it. I think his mom took us for a ride to Malibu just to check it out. We didn't see it. It must have been right after they painted over it. I remember thinking that it looked like some kind of ghost or something (the paint covering it, that is) and thought anybody who saw a nude lady in that was crazy. Sadly, we moved from the valley when I was ten and the whole thing was only a vague memory that I thought may have all been just b.s. my friend had told me. Fun to find out that she really existed. I'm also somewhat obsessed with her and that entire place and time...God, I loved that time...Too bad we can't turn back the hands of time, huh? Would anyone have the balls to haul off and do that today? Hell, there'd be a hundred cops, land use officers, epa and a pack of lawyers breathing down the artist's neck if she tried it today. Thanks for the memories, Zumajim. btw my earliest memory is burying my older brother up to his neck in sand at Zuma. I loved it. Someday I'll return...someday... I love it! I also grew up in San Fernando (Woodland Hills). Happiest time of my life in fact. Anyways, I was probably seven or eight at the time and remember the kid across the street telling me about it. I think his mom took us for a ride to Malibu just to check it out. We didn’t see it. It must have been right after they painted over it. I remember thinking that it looked like some kind of ghost or something (the paint covering it, that is) and thought anybody who saw a nude lady in that was crazy.

Sadly, we moved from the valley when I was ten and the whole thing was only a vague memory that I thought may have all been just b.s. my friend had told me. Fun to find out that she really existed. I’m also somewhat obsessed with her and that entire place and time…God, I loved that time…Too bad we can’t turn back the hands of time, huh?

Would anyone have the balls to haul off and do that today? Hell, there’d be a hundred cops, land use officers, epa and a pack of lawyers breathing down the artist’s neck if she tried it today.

Thanks for the memories, Zumajim. btw my earliest memory is burying my older brother up to his neck in sand at Zuma. I loved it. Someday I’ll return…someday…

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by admin http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-513 admin Thu, 06 May 2010 19:19:12 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-513 Not to my knowledge, but it's a great idea. Care to get the ball rolling? Not to my knowledge, but it’s a great idea. Care to get the ball rolling?

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by Nile Hight http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-506 Nile Hight Wed, 05 May 2010 16:27:35 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-506 Has anyone ever actually made any calls or started a campaign to restore the Pink Lady? Has anyone ever actually made any calls or started a campaign to restore the Pink Lady?

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by Robert Baldwin http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-429 Robert Baldwin Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:02:47 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-429 My favorite saying is to never let the facts screw up a good story. I was 9-10 years old at the time of the pink lady. I was told that the artist and county went to court on this issue. The county spent alot of money trying to sandblast and paint over the pink lady.the county of L.A. wanted Seemayer to pay for the clean up or cover up. It was thrown out of court because it was on private property. That the story I have told for years. could be total B S . Also I was told its Chris Frosts sister. My favorite saying is to never let the facts screw up a good story. I was 9-10 years old at the time of the pink lady. I was told that the artist and county went to court on this issue. The county spent alot of money trying to sandblast and paint over the pink lady.the county of L.A. wanted Seemayer to pay for the clean up or cover up. It was thrown out of court because it was on private property. That the story I have told for years. could be total B S . Also I was told its Chris Frosts sister.

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by Jim http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-424 Jim Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:22:10 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-424 Leave it the local authorities to take the painting of a beautiful women and cover it over with brown paint -- a real illustration of the depraved and unimaginative infrastructure which controls this country. Leave it the local authorities to take the painting of a beautiful women and cover it over with brown paint — a real illustration of the depraved and unimaginative infrastructure which controls this country.

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by Bob Atherton http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-406 Bob Atherton Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:33:08 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-406 I lived in Topanga canyon at that time and drove through the tunnel and was fortunate enough to have taken a 4x5 picture of the lady. I was looking at an old photo album and found it. It is fun to revisit this. I'm now pushing 62 I lived in Topanga canyon at that time and drove through the tunnel and was fortunate enough to have taken a 4×5 picture of the lady. I was looking at an old photo album and found it. It is fun to revisit this.

I’m now pushing 62

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by DB http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-388 DB Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:33:11 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-388 With reference to the inquiry from Admin, I found a link from 2005 where the artist (now named Lynn Westmore) was showing her artwork in the San Fernando Valley. http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:g7qCAGvcc48J:artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1996/Articles0396/Ellis.html+Lynne+Westmore+artist&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us With reference to the inquiry from Admin, I found a link from 2005 where the artist (now named Lynn Westmore) was showing her artwork in the San Fernando Valley.

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:g7qCAGvcc48J:artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1996/Articles0396/Ellis.html+Lynne+Westmore+artist&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by DB http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-387 DB Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:24:00 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-387 As a lad of roughly the same eight summers, maybe six, I recall the media hoopla about the event & my parents took me on a drive to see it as it wasn't far from where we lived in the San Fernando Valley. Now & then I think of that day and recall the joy of youth and a time when my parents were still alive. I look at those old photos & think to myself, it wasn't a bad piece of art. But then again, what man ever looks at a beautiful woman and doesn't think so..... even if she was pink. As a lad of roughly the same eight summers, maybe six, I recall the media hoopla about the event & my parents took me on a drive to see it as it wasn’t far from where we lived in the San Fernando Valley.

Now & then I think of that day and recall the joy of youth and a time when my parents were still alive.

I look at those old photos & think to myself, it wasn’t a bad piece of art. But then again, what man ever looks at a beautiful woman and doesn’t think so….. even if she was pink.

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by admin http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-332 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:44:06 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-332 Hi namowal, Yes, I'm one of the one's who commented on your blog about the Pink Lady. Small world! J Hi namowal,

Yes, I’m one of the one’s who commented on your blog about the Pink Lady. Small world!

J

]]> Comment on The Pink Lady of Malibu – 42 Years On by namowal http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-287 namowal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:14:59 +0000 http://blog.zumajim.net/?p=14#comment-287 Glad to know there's someone who's as curious about the Pink Lady (and what's left of her today!) My very first <a href="http://tailotherat.blogspot.com/2006/10/ghost-of-pink-lady.html" rel="nofollow">blog</a> post compared a contemporary photo with the original painting, pointing out where you could still discern her outline. Glad to know there’s someone who’s as curious about the Pink Lady (and what’s left of her today!)
My very first blog post compared a contemporary photo with the original painting, pointing out where you could still discern her outline.

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