On the eve of Valentine's Day 1973, Julie Nixon Eisenhower convinced her father to take the family out for dinner at Trader Vic's, a California-based chain of Polynesian-themed tiki restaurants. The local Trader Vic's was three blocks north of the White House in the Statler Hilton hotel. That evening, the Nixons and their guests walked the three blocks to the restaurant. The group included President and Mrs. Nixon, Julie and David Eisenhower, and Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo, a long-time friend of President Nixon's. After the dinner, Nixon quipped to reporters outside, "When you go in there, don't be on a diet."