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Jim Morrison Ate Here

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First Ole' Blue Eyes , then the Lizard King. The picture at right, taken by one "Lana," (the blonde adult) is of Jim Morrison enjoying the suburban comforts of dinner in a Granada Hills kitchen ca. 1969. Lana is selling a series of photos online, which include some shots of Lana and Jim dipping into what appears to be chocolate fondue, and playing baseball on a street that may -- or may not -- be just off Swinton Avenue. The site explains: Lana met Jim Morrison at the famous Whisky-a-Go-Go in 1969. One day, after Jim had wrecked his car and had no way home, Lana took him to her Hollywood bungalow above Sunset Blvd. The next morning, Jim invited himself along to dinner with her family in Granada Hills. She was embarrassed and wanted to go alone, but he insisted on coming along. At this point in time, Jim was on the Ten-O-Clock News almost every night for the pending Miami exposure charges. Lana's parents knew nothing of their daughter's friendship with