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HAVING FUN IN ENSENADA'S CANTINAS IN 1960

IT WAS IN THE BARRIO OF THE ONCE-RESORT TOWN OF ENSENADA WHERE SAILORS AND SENORITAS MET AND SMILED. THE ROADS WERE DUSTY, THE FLOORS INSIDE THESE OLD CANTINAS WERE HARD DIRT AND THE DOORS NEVER CLOSED. THERE WAS THE SMELL OF STRONG TOBACCOS AND THICK PERFUMES. IT WAS A WORLD OF ITS OWN CREATION AND IT WAS THE KIND OF TOWN THAT COULD HAVE REMAINED OPEN AND HAPPY FOREVER, BUT TIMES WERE CHANGING. THE ELECTRONIC BOOM HAD YET TO TURN PEOPLES MINDS INSIDE THEIR OWN WORLDS, MAKING THE REAL WORLD THE FANTASY AND THEIR CELL PHONES A REALITY. THERE WAS NO TEXT-MESSAGING, JUST SEXY SIGNALS MADE BY EYES MEETING ACROSS THE ROOM. IT WAS A WORLD THAT WAS PERFECT FOR THE YOUTH OF THAT GENERATION--FOR A FEW SHORT YEARS.

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