Boardners is fabulous

Boardners, 1652 N Cherokee Ave, Hollywood, CA
There isn’t a bartender in town friendlier than Crystal who worked at this fabulous bar. Boardners had more than just alcoholic drinks for great prices, they had history and class. Immediately when I stepped inside I fell in love. The location is in a quiet street in Hollywood. Apparently it is one of the oldest gathering spots in the area. The bar used to be called “My Blue Heaven” and was established in the late 20’s by the songwriter and singer: Gene Austin. A few years later the bar changed ownership to other interesting people and finally in the early 40’s Boardners was born. It is named after Steve Boardner. Inside, there was a jukebox that played great music. The mix of mystery and beauty inspired people like Geoff for good conversations. As I listened to Crystal about their happy hour called “classic hour”, which are Sundays and Tuesdays (all day), Geoff stared at me. I interrupted him, and I said: excuse me are you looking at my breasts? He was shocked! He smiled at me, and said he was watching a movie playing right behind me. He introduced himself, and mentioned that he is a music composer. Geoff Jacob and I became good pals; he talked about relationships and said a true test of love is if they remain together after they “fart” in front of their partner. I added that if my boyfriend has a mole and I find it cute, then that’s love. But onces I stopped liking his tone of voice that’s when I know I stopped loving him. Geoff comprehended me perfectly and agreed. Crystal was part of the conversation as well. She said that she moved from Indianapolis and got the job through a friend and kept repeating how lucky she was to work at Boardners. Crystal with her enthusiasm energized me to talk more with my new pal Geoff. He said that Boardners is one of his favorite bars. He drove from a far town just to hang for the evening. Tonight they were showing “Miracle in the 34th street”, a classic movie from 1947. Geoff told me that he loves the clothing in that era when men wore stylish suits and women had style. I loved the observation because Mae West and Charlie Chaplin were admirable people to me. I didn’t want to look at the time, but unfortunately it was bed time for me. It was painful to say goodbye to such a good time but we knew we would return to Boardners.