Catalina

We all scream for ice cream at Dessert Island on Crescent Avenue in Avalon.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

A kayaker noses into the Casino Boat Dock Cafe in Avalon.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

Their (model) ship has come into the House of Wood, a curio shop on Crescent Avenue in Avalon.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

The Inn on Mt. Ada hass an eagle’s eye view of the harbor at Avalon on Catalina Island. The Georgian colonial mansion that once belonged to the Wrigleys is a six-room luxury hotel.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

An epidemic of island fever sweeps Luau Larry’s on Crescent Avenue in Avalon.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

Catalina’s own stairway to heaven at the Inn at Mount Ada.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

Pedestrian friendly Crescent Avenue is Avalon’s main thoroughfare.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

The tall ship Exy Johnson sets sail from Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

Although it has no gambling, Avalon’s Casino is a Catalina landmark, housing a movie theater and ballroom. The name in Italian means “gathering place.”  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

Flip’s Saltwater Bar and Grill, on Catalina Avenue in Avalon, promises to have “the only sushi bar between Los Angeles and Hawaii.”  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)

Harbor lights at the break of dawn in Avalon.  (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)