"She took her daddy's car,
and she cruised to the hamburger stand, now.
Seems she forgot all about the library,
like she told her Old Man, now.
And with the radio blasting,
she goes cruising just as fast as she can, now.
And she'll have fun, fun, fun,
'till her daddy takes the T-Bird away!" *

Remember those lyrics to the Beach Boys' song, "FUN FUN FUN" ?  Well, the Beach Boys grew up in Hawthorne, CA., and the "hamburger stand" mentioned in that song was actually a Foster's Freeze band hangout (which they nicknamed "Frostie's"). It seems that Brian Wilson spotted a friend driving by in her daddy's T-Bird... This Foster's Freeze is located at 11969 Hawthorne Blvd. (just north of 120th Street), in Hawthorne. The Wilson house used to be just a few blocks away from here - unfortunately it was torn down in the 80's to make way for the 105 freeway. Stopped here for a cone, and read the whole story in the window, along with several other Beach Boy significant locations, maybe I'll swing by the lot that used to be their house.