If you look closely at the bottom of the picture, you will see that the (charming? young?)creature is sitting on a bench or a chair placed well in front of the Intellecutal Leader of the Nation.
I think that neither his 70 year old knees, nor her ample posterior could long endure the agony that has been implied by the word “lap.”
The gold record on the wall is obviously for Peter, Paul and Mary, who probably own the restaurant. Take a good look at the faces of the three “bikers”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_paul_and_mary_publicity_photo.JPG
