Annenberg Community Beach House is Now Open to Public - Santa Monica

I may be dating myself here, but do you remember the early years of the television show Beverly Hills ,90210 (not the current lunesta fiesta) where Brandon and the gang all worked/hung at the fictitious "Beverly Hills Beach Club". They had trysts in their parents cabanas, dated the non Beverly Hills staff for the summer, and all sorts of hijinks ensued. If you have ever wanted to have this experience, minus the cabanas and sideburns, you're in luck! The City of Santa Monica has just opened the Annenberg Community Beach House which is now open to the public with such amenities as: beautiful beach side pool, guest house for parties, beach gear rental, and volleyball/beach tennis courts for rent. The property used to belong to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, but is now run by the City. To keep crowds down, you need to make reservations in advance (up to three days) through the Annenberg website. The prices are $10/per day for a full days pass. You can bounce between the pool and the beach all day long. I'm excited to give this place a shot! Now the most important question of all - will they be serving cocktails at their upcoming Beachside Cafe?