journey of an EX-teetotaling virgin
People, places & things
prologue
Salem St. North End, Boston
1. Five years of foreplay - let the games begin
Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1972
Prince Charles as a teenager
Maisie Ravier's Boyfriends: Robert Young, George Murphy, Red Skelton
2. My boyfriend's back and there's gonna be laundry
Los Gatos, California, circa 1970
The South Bay, circa 1970
Me, Once Upon a TIme
Within a 100 mile radius of Los Gatos, California
Lake Tahoe, California
Perfect, Micah, Chum & Cherie
Within 25 miles of Los Gatos, Calif.
Eugene, Oregon
It Happened One Night, 1934
Blaine, Washington
Peace Arch Park, Washington/Canadian border
3. see ya
Los Gatos, circa 1972
Standord University, Farallon Island,, San Jose and San Francisco
From Here to Eternity, 1953
Los Gatos to Phoenix
Rambler Station Wagon, Honda Z
Pismo Beach / Sierra Madres / Cuyama Valley / The Grapevine
Road to Lancaster, California
Phoenix, Arizona, Circa 1970
4. been there, born there
Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1970s
My childhood home, present day
Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Live
Fay & (the first) Chum
Me and my best friend, Kathy
Danny looking innocent while plotting to kill me behind the scenes
Macy's. downtown Kansas City, Mo.
My first husband
Farm at Filley, then & now
Gram's brother, "Uncle Jim"
5. when we saints came marching in
Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana
BAIT: Claiborne Towers / SWITCH: Calliope Housing Projects
One Shell Square, New Orleans, circa 1973
6. jobs even i won't take
Old Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans
"BellSouth Bobby"
Jon Voigt, Midnight Cowboay, 1969
Longstreet TV show 1971 - 1972
Ryan's Daughter, 1970
7. rollin' on the river
New Orleans, LA
Cafe Banquette, Chartres & Toulouse Streets
Napoleon House
Buster Holmes Soul Food Restaurant
The girls of the My Oh My Club
Live And Let DIe, Roger Moore's first James Bond movie, 1973
Elvis' New Orleans stay while making 1958 film, King Creole
Hummingbird Grill, New Orleans
Bourbon St., Circa 1970s
Frankie Ford at the Gateway Lounge
Cafe Du Monde
8. to les-be or to not les-be
New Orleans, LA
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969
Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1970
Toyota Corona Hatchback
El Paso, circa 1973
Kerrville, Texas
Mark Essex, January 7, 1973 deadly shootout at the Howard Johnson's hotel in New Orleans, kills 9, wounds 13
Canal Street Car Ferry
9. when teetotaling goes awry, can virginity be far behind?
Canal Street Ferry
St. Charles Ave., New Orleans
The Pearl Oyster Bar
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9. when teetotaling goes awry, can virginity be far behind (con't)
New York City, 1972
10. and so, we drove on
New Orleans French Quarter
Buccaneer Bay, Florida
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Everglades, Florida
Miami, Florida, circa 1973
Little Havana
Florida Keys, circa 1970s
11. SUNSHINE & SHOWERS
Sarasota Florida
Our storefront apartment
Martine's Restaurant / my uniform
Bobbie pre-haircut
"Christy," the book / "Deliverance," the movie
12. COMEUPPANCE OF A TEETOTALING VIRGIN
Atlanta, Ga, circa 1970
UNDERGROUND ATLANTA: The second Union Station. The first was destroyed in the fiery scene in Gone With the Wind
Marion, Virginia
Southwestern State Hospital, aka "Southwestern Lunatic Asylum"
Hungry Mother State Park
Marion, Virginia
Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1970
13. my big fat phony sewing machine giveaway
Knoxville, Tennessee
Appalachia, circa 1970s
14. how i spent my summer vacation
Bantam Lake, Connecticut
Butch to Sundance: "Who are those guys?"
Richard Schirrmann, Altena Castle, Monroe & Isabel Smith & the first American youth hostel, "The Chateau"
Bill Nelson
Bike trip route
Salem Witch House
Barb & Chum
North End, Boston, Mass
Salem, Mass to Springfield, Mass
Massasoit Lake, Springfield Mass
Connecticut River Valley
Boston, Massachusetts 1970s
Frog Pond, Boston Common
John Hancock Tower, windows falling out during construction
Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1970s
Kennedy Compound
Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, 1970
Chappaquiddick Bridge, Ted Kennedy incident
Nantucket, Mass
Great Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
15. frozen in place
Boston, circa 1970
121 Salem Street
Hanover Street, North End, Boston
Mary Tyler Moore, aka "Mary Richards"
"The Big Three": Jordon Marsh, Filene's, Gilchrist's
Jordon Marsh's Enchanted Village
Filene's Basement
Boston Garden, circa 1973 / interior of Polcari's Restaurant, present day
The interior of Polcari's, as it exists today
Regina's Pizzera
1973 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture
16. blaze of glory
Winter in the North End
Boston to North Carolina
Durham, NC, circa 1970
Richmond, Virginia
17. the second comeuppance
Boston, circa 1974
The ladies of Durgin Park
The Heartbreak Kid
Westgate Mall, Brockton, Massachusetts
Woolworth's, downtown Boston
Haymarket
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18. the back of beyond
Lands End, Cornwall, England
Chun Castle
Portheras Cove, Cornwall, England
Stone Age monuments of Cornwall
Mermaid Pleasure Cruise out of Penzance
Pendennis Castle Youth Hostel
Ryan's Daughter, The Pleasure Seekers, Three Coins in a Fountain
Motcombe, England
19. the newlywed game
Dublin, circa 1970s
Dublin International Youth Hostel
Dean & Wholesome Girl
O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland
The Millionaire, 1955 - 1960
The Book of Kells, Trinity college, Dublin
Ha'penny Bridge, St. Stephen's Green in Dublin
Magdalen Asylum for Penitent Females, Dublin
Kilkenny, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Dingle Peninsula
Ryan's Daughter, 1970 film
The site of the fictional town of Kirrary, as it stands today
The Blarney Stone
London, circa 1970
Holland House Youth Hostel
Pierre & Maggie Trudeau / Watergate / The kidnapping of Patty Hearst
Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, circa 1970
"The Troubles," Northern Ireland, circa 1970
IRA Bombing of Houses of Parliament, London
20. the sun also sets
Paris, France
Paris Sewer, circa 1974 / The Catacombs
Pamplona Spain
Las Fiestas de San Fermin
Our friends at the free campground, Pamplona 1974
The Running of the Bills
"The Square," Pamplona
The death of Juan Ignacio Eraso
Café Iruña
21. masher of la mancha
La Mancha
Torremolinos as imagined in Michener's "The Drifters"
Toledo, Spain
22. road to morocco
Gibraltar
Barbary Apes
Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, circa 1974
Fes, Morocco
Fes Medina, Morocco
Fes Medina
Fes, Morocco
Call to prayer
The Blue Gate, Fes, Morocco
The High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
23. a broad goes abroad, so you don't have to
L'Abri, Switzerland
Heidelberg, Germany
Mark Twain Village, NATO .U.S. Army's European Headquarters, Heidelberg
Free ferry ride across the English Channel
Wemyss Bay, Scotland
The Sea Road to Rothesay
Duntrune Castle, aka, Malcom family castle
General DeGaulle Airport, circa 1974
24. you're never too old for late-onset teenage angst
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Westward Ho Hotel, Phoenix, AZ
Daddy's girl
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