The article recounts the author's search for a childhood home in Pacific Palisades, California, which held deep familial memories and represented a pivotal life transition. After renting the distinctive Spanish colonial house with its unique decor and the beloved 'gargoyle bar,' the author clings to the hope it survived recent wildfires. Ultimately, the house was found marked as destroyed, serving as a stark reminder of the passage of time and the fading of family gatherings. The author reflects on the house's unique charm, history, and lasting impact on family memories.
By far the greatest feature was what my family came to call the gargoyle bar – a lower-level room with fresco walls, where we ended each night, listening to music and laughing.
As we all get older, we gather on trips less and less frequently. The visit to Revello Drive lingers in our memories, all these years later.
The house on Revello Drive popped up not as it is in my memory, but as a bright-red house icon: the county website's online marker for a destroyed home.
The owner told me that the wacky house decor had been collected from various old Hollywood movie sets, adding to the house’s unique charm.
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