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California

Laguna Beach

Bounce
1460 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, California
Neighborhood bar, Older crowd

Lake Tahoe

Sierrawood Guest House
PO Box 11194
Tahoe Paradise, CA 96155-0194
Tel: (800) 700-3802 or (530) 577-6073
Fax: (530) 577-4739.
Email: Swooddave@aol.com
SierraWood is a romantic, cozy chalet in the woods, where you've dreamed of taking a special friend for an exciting vacation together or getting away by yourself for relaxation and renewal.
The owners are Dave (60), and LeRoy (63). They have been operating this Guest House for 20 years.

Long Beach

Brit
1744 E Broadway Long Beach,
CA 90802
Tel: (562) 432-9742
An english-style bar that tends to attract a mature crowd.

Sweetwater Saloon
1201 E. Broadway
Long Beach,
CA 90802
Tel: 562-432-7044
Open 10 a.m.- 2 a.m.
The Sweetwater Saloon has complimentary movie-style popcorn, friendly bartenders, and genial customers, who tend towards the more mature end of the spectrum. If you're looking for an evening with friends, an Internet jukebox and some goofy video games, Sweetwater is the place.

Los Angeles

The Other Side (was Houston's)
2538 Hyperion Avenue
Silverlake
Tel: 323 661 4233
Smart, friendly but small piano bar and cocktail lounge.
Site Report:- Definitely worth a visit! As a 35-year old, I had a wonderful time. I went on a Thursday, and there was a pretty good crowd, along with a piano singer. Then, I went back on Saturday, and it was wall-to-wall silver fox!!!

Gold Coast
8228 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: 323-656-4879
Neighborhood bar that attracts an older, unpretentious crowd.
Comfortable brick, brass and wood decor with the best view of Santa Monica Blvd.

Numbers Restaurant
8737 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood,
CA 90069
Tel: 310-652-7700.
Older Men 40%+, Rent 10%?, Cruise 5?, Elegance 6
Go up the stairs to the new location for Numbers directly above The Normandie Room. There's a forty five foot long bar, a nice view of West Hollywood and a long row of black booths for dining. The menu offers continental cuisine, but it's really the bar that attracts the customers. The music is subdued and the crowd is a definite blend of generations and styles. This is where the young and the sporty attract the attentions of the mature and the distinguished.
It is "worked" by young hustlers which could be off-putting if not expecting it.

Groups/Organizations
Los Angeles Prime Timers
P. O. Box 191728
Los Angeles, CA 90019 U. S. A.
Phone: (323) 733-6412
Email: info@laprimetimers.org
Website: www.laprimetimers.org.

San Fernando Valley Prime Timers
(North Los Angeles)
11333 Moorpart St. Suite 471
Studio City, CA 91602- U. S. A.
Phone: (818) 508-4926
Email: ptsfv@hotmail.com

Organizations
The Gay and Lesbian Center Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place Hollywood
CA 90038 TEL: (323) 860-5830
FAX: (323) 860-7340
Email: jfournier@laglc.org
Social events, trips, meetings and classes, support and counseling

Marin

Groups and Organizations
Gay Men of Marin (GMOM)
A social group for older gay and bisexual men and their friends that meets twice per month. For information, call 415-457-1115 ext. 205 or e-mail nflaxman@spectrummarin.org

Oakland

Clubs/Organizations
Fellows of the Eastbay
3635 Hagemann Avenue
Oakland, CA 94619-1264 U. S. A.
Phone: (510) 261-5833
Email: Don3635@aol.com

The White Horse Inn
Corner of 66th Street and Telegraph Ave in Oakland.
Tel: (510) 652-3820
Built in 1936, it's the oldest continuously operating gay and lesbian bar in the Bay Area and possibly the second oldest in the United States. Attracts an older crowd of regulars.
Email: whitehorsebar@yahoo.com

Orange County

Groups
Mature Men's Discussion Group (55+ years)
Rainbow Room
12752 Garden Grove Blvd.,
Suite 101
Garden Grove,
CA 92843
Tel: 714-534-0862 ext 207
Email: antonio@thecenteroc.org

Palm Springs

alm Springs has one of the largest Gray Gay communities in the USA and with over 1,000 members, it has the largest Prime Timers chapter in the country. However, the large number of retireees, and second-home weekend regulars, are more likely to socialize privately than in the nightclubs.
The geographic sprawl and the lack of a gay neighborhood makes encounters with these locals and their guests less likely than in more localized gay resort areas. Many aspects of the area invite comparison to other gay resorts, but those comparisons form an incomplete picture of the Palm Springs experience.
Palm Springs is a perfect long-weekend winter getaway for anyone whose primary interest is relaxing in the sun. It has a broader array of facilities than most gay resorts, and is beginning to offer a comparable number of gay-specific options. It does not have Miami's nightlife, Key West's dining or Provincetown's culture, but it does have enough high-quality, gay-specific offerings to fashion a fun vacation.
If you stay at a gay resort, you can fashion a very gay vacation of the laid-back and low-key variety. Much of the Palm Springs gay experience is sexually oriented. Many of the guesthouses here are at the high end of the "Sexual Temperature" scale, and the trend is even further in that direction, but there is still a broad range of lodging options available. If you're looking to get lucky, Palm Springs is well suited to help you achieve your goal. But the heavily advertised image of Palm Springs as a place for guys on the make is just one side of this multi-faceted destinations. With a little something for everyone, Palm Springs is a destination almost anyone could enjoy.

Local Gay Guides
Palmspringsgay.com

Bar/Restaurants

Ground Zero.
A neighborhood bar with dancing. Lots of older men go there. Very informal.

Rainbow (was Rainbow Cactus) (NOTE: WILL CLOSE MARCH 17th 2008 - RIP)
212 South Indian Canyon (at Arenas)
12am-2am
Tel: 325 3638
Frequented by older crowd and admirers. Food is average.While many locals come here to meet up with their friends there are some who are looking for someone for the evening or perhaps a lifetime. Even then, the locals are very friendly and you don't have to be a wallflower if you don't want to. The piano attracts a group of singers who take the microphone to join the pianist in some well known numbers, a welcome respite from his singing! The restaurant serves standard American fare but it is inexpensive and portions are generous.
Gray 60%, Admirers 20%, Rent 5%?, Music 4, Cruise 4, Elegance 6

Street Bar (re-opened after fire May 2003)
224 E. Arenas Road
CA 92262
760-320-1266
Though Streetbar is located on Arenas Road, which is Palm Springs' version of the Castro, it's a step above the club scene's meat market mentality. Patrons gather at the pool table or the bar for the entertainment and to chat without the cruisy feel of most nightspots. Although the crowd is mostly older, Streetbar is still an inviting place for gays looking to meet locals. If you prefer a more relaxed and mature nightlife choice, the Streetbar may lead you to common company.

Sidewinders
67555 East Palm Canyon Drive
Tel: 328-9919
Open Mon to Fri 11 AM to 2 AM, Sat and Sun 9 AM to 2 AM
On the left side at the end of the shopping center there is a new bar up stairs called the It is light leather/western.

Toucans Tiki Lounge
2100 North Palm Canyon Drive, PS
Tel :416-7584
Open all days 10 AM - 2 AM

Restaurant (Local Restaurant Guide)
The Left Bank
150 East Vista Chino
Tel: 760-320-6116
Open for Brunch & Dinner
Older Men 60%, Admirers 30%, Rent/Hustlers 0%, Music 2, Cruise 3, Elegance 6
Recommended for brunch or lunch. The owner is French and the food is delicious and elegantly served. The price is quite reasonable for the quality. There is an entertaining piano bar.

Hotels/Accomodations

Villa Resort in Palm Desert.
The grounds are beautiful, friendly staff, good lunch and breakfast, small bar, nice pool and hot tub, sauna and most of the rooms are individual bungalows.

El Mirasol Villas
525 Warm Sands Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92264
800-327-2985
760-327-5913
Open Year Round
Older Men 70%, Admirers 30%, Rent/Hustlers 0%, Music 1, Cruise 5, Elegance 5
This is a clothing optional resort but my partner and I were the only ones without clothes by the pool. This is a good place for a couple. The place is very private and very attractive. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The location is perfect as it is in the center of Palm Springs and the Warm Sands area is the center for gay resorts (12).
2nd opinion: Very Nice place to stay. A very nice (& cute) host. Rooms looked new and very well decoarated. I was hoping for more older men but the two days I was there, only 3 out of 15 (20%) were mature the rest look like typical under 40 men you see everywhere. There was one very nice looking older couple there from Canada. Only 30% of the men around the two pools were nude the rest kept thier cloths on.

Motel 6
Not Gay but inexpensive and walking distance to the most of the Gay bars. It is about 6 blocks due west from the Warm Sands area that is where most of the Gay motels are located. Some of the Gay motels willl permit you to use their pools, some for a nominal fee. I have not been there but in Cathederal City which is about 5 minutes by auto East of Palm Springs there is a motel called the CCBC....Cathedral City Boys Club which rents out pool use at a nominal fee.

Club/Sauna
Club Palm Springs

Groups/Organizations
Prime Timers of the Desert
P. O. Box 3061
Palm Springs, CA 92263-3061 U. S. A.
Tel: (760) 323-8888
Email: silvfoxe@primetimerspalmsprings.com
Prime Timers of Greater Palm Springs · P. O. Box 10008 · Palm Desert, CA 92255-0008 ·

CLUB 300 (Formerly Prime Timers of Greater Palm Springs)
P.O. Box 5442
Palm Springs,
CA 92263-5442.
Tel: (760) 416-1942
E-mail: bousquet1333@aol.com
The group is limited to 300 members which include mature men and their admirers

Desert Pride Community Center
611 South Palm Canyon Ave
Suite 201
Palm Springs
CA 92264
Email: infodpc@aol.com
Tel: 760 327 2318
GLBT Center of Palm Springs

Golden Rainbow Senior Center
700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs
Phone: (760) 770-5524 Fax: (760) 770-5525
8 a.m. to 4 p.m
Email: info@grsc.info

Santa Barbara

Groups/Organizations
Prime Timers Central Coast of California
P.O. Box 2071
CA 93102-2071
Tel: (805) 569-5578
Email: sb2bills@webtv.net