Belinda Houk in woods
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Bo Veaner and Belinda in woods
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David Young in woods
These two photos are of a woman named Breena; even though
I know I hung
out with her at the time, that's all I can remember now. I think she
was only there during the '69-'70 school year. Perhaps Purple can
fill in a detail or two? I love the sign reading "PLEASE DO NOT SIT ON
TABLES" right next to Breena reclining on the piano in the rec room. |
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Breena b&w.
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Breena color.
| During my first year at Webster, I hung out a lot with Beauregard
Lyon and Belinda Houk, also first-year students. We spent a
lot of time at Belinda's mother Billie's house in Crestwood
(even then, I marveled at St. Louisans' pronunciation of this as "Crustwood"),
where Beauregard and I became friends with both of them as well
as two-year-younger sister Carrie and then-ten-year-old-and-crazy-about-Bobby
Sherman baby sis Zoë, later to become a celebrated restaurateur
at whose first place, Café Zoë in the Shell Building downtown,
I worked circa 1983. Somehow it was decided that I would be Carrie's
date for her junior prom, and these pictures, taken at Billie's
place, are from that night. I wish to God that I had one of me in the suit
that Belinda made for me for the occasion: it was a double-breasted,
bell-bottomed two-piece seersucker number with orange, purple, yellow,
black, and white vertical stripes of various widths. In the photo of me
giving Carrie her corsage, I'm already wearing the bright yellow
shirt that "goes with" the suit, but unfortunately, that's as close as
I have to proof of the surreal splendor of that getup (those are different
bellbottoms!). I saved (and occasionally still wore) that work of art until
I left town and had to get rid of stuff. Carrie's already dressed,
coiffed, and made up for the prom in the picture. Belinda
and Beauregard went along in some capacity; I can't remember now
if they actually crashed the prom or just lurked nearby on the premises.
Anyway, each of them posed on the toilet as we were getting ready. Carrie,
anything you'd like to add (or subtract!)? |
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Beauregard on prom night
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Belimda on prom night
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Carrie Houk and David Young on prom night
| Gettin' ready to turn in but thought I'd do one more batch first.
This one has kind of a Dave (wasn't it Dave, not David?)
Van
Hee theme: there are two of him taken on the Ad Buliding roof and one
of a woman named Molly whose last name I don't remember but who
I believe is the Molly he married. (Confirmation, please,
Francis?)
Finally, there's a shot of Boe Veaner, Belinda Houk, and me at David's
wedding and, just for fun, the first picture
Dave sent me
of his daughter (this'll make a lot more "sense" to those who knew Dave). |
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David Van Hee 1
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David Van Hee 2
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Molly
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Bo, David, and Belinda at David Van Hee's wedding
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Van Hee daughter and friend
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