I came across this while DH and I were sorting through a box of old photos. DGS was in the room and asked to see it. I told him it was taken the day I turned 21; he took one look at it and said, "Wow, Grandma! Those are some awesome shoulder pads!" and wondered if I had been a linebacker for the Rams! He has a wonderful sense of humor and though I'm still laughing, he doesn't get to look at any more old pictures.When I turned 21, DH (he wasn't DH then), my parents and I went to the Sea Lion in Malibu. I ordered a whiskey sour, grasshopper and a tom collins but don't remember what I ate - probably because of what I drank. I do remember eating the olive in someone's martini which brought tears to my eyes and probably contained more alcohol than my three drinks.
The picture was taken in the apartment my sister and I shared in NoHo. After a midnight movie, DH and I would come back to the apartment, wake my sister and go out to breakfast at Dennys. She was a good sport and never minded that we woke her. Now I can't believe we kept those hours but then we were young and only needed about 3-4 hours of sleep!
And the "shoulder pads?" A family friend loaned me the detachable-fur collar from her coat. I know I was a little (?) overdressed but that night I felt like a princess.
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My oh my.....three drinks and a sloshed olive....I had two kids and my first divorce when I turned 21. You looked beautiful. My kids and grandkids think I was born at the age of 40. They were/are amazed at the things I know and have busted them over.
The brother that gave my parents the most trouble has four really great kids, maybe because he knew what to look out for. When he used the family car w/o permission, dad asked for the spare key he figured had been made. My brother handed it over and never told him he had four more!
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