I'm the dead one on the floor, says Sandi
Hi Stan,
Paula had sent me an e-mail last Thursday about the photo on the blog, as she thought I was the one on the floor. I am pretty sure it is me as it looks like my profile even though the top of my head is cut off.
Originally, I had thought it was taken in Claudia's basement, guessing that by the BB hoop in the background, as I recall they had a big rec room in the basement. I remembered a party or sleepover when we were goofing around, and I do remember playing dead.
I remember another time we did this at Paula's. We were always goofing around. (I also posed for a similar picture years later on a trip to Edinburgh Scotland with a girlfriend from my nursing school days. I guess that was because I remembered doing this before.
A few of us in the travel group had gone to an old graveyard at night, which was near the Univ. of Edinburgh Medical School, and where, according to rumor, the med students dug up cadavers...apparently this was a common practice in the 1800's. We had been told that Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Bodysnatcher", was based on this, so were intrigued and decided to have an adventure! This was after frequenting a few pubs!
So we roamed around this spooky old graveyard with flashlights after the pubs closed. I never got a copy of that photo...too bad, we could compare! That was a memorable trip, as the next day I was "pickpocketed" while on Princes St., looking for an art supply store, as we were going to return to the graveyard to get some rubbings from some of the old headstones. I guess I must not have been very alert after the previous night's escapades!
Even before I saw Kathy's challenge about the photo, I had noticed the pool cues and realized Claudia didn't have a pool table in her basement, so that got me thinking, and I remembered playing pool at Kathy's.
In fact, I think it was bumper pool. (I had written Claudia, Paula and Terrie about this but no reply yet, so the heck with them...I'll submit my guess! I was even going to share the wine. I am pretty sure it is at Kathy Sherry's house and either Kathy or one of her parents took the picture. ( I wouldn't know because I was playing dead!) As for the occasion, it could have been a birthday, or maybe a Christmas party. It was definitely winter, as I remember walking around her neighborhood and there was snow and Christmas lights.
Of course the other clue is sweater and slacks. Along with this memory, I have associations with the movie West Side Story....either the same night or prior to this, as we were singing some of the songs---I think Kathy had the album. It's possible I might be blending several memories here, but that is what I remember. (but don't ask me where I put my car keys)
Sandi
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