As My Brother and his pal Charlie Vaughn Corrupted Me

...Gas corrupted his brother Karl by introducing him to the rest of us. Once he met us that was it for him. He was smoking and drinking and whatever else in no time. Here he is, the young Von Yon himself. I have not seen Karl in years and years and years - way too many at that. Hopefully if we ever run into one another somewhere we will recognize one another and not just pass by like strangers.

I had some fun times with the younger Stiene, and as he could tell you, that lemonade back then was darned good when you wanted a break from the booze.

All the best,
Glenn B

Best Friends

I remember these two as best of friends. Where one went the other was not far off. Two of the Original Schaefer Girls, if not the very first two: Jo and Karen. I am sorry the pic look faded, I suppose it is just like our memories of back then. I did as much as I could to sharpen it up a bit and to get the contrast and brightness as good as it would come out. Sometimes that is exactly the same way with my memory nowadays, I have to settle for the best I can do. While it is not exactly the way it was, it should help give you a good idea of the way things were back then. Our lives were young, vibrant, and full of wonder and held together by friendships. Friendships that I think and hope have lasted through the years, hopefully in better shape that this photo or my foggy memories. Click on the pic and watch your own memory come in a little better.

All the best,
Glenn B

Dorothy The Babysitter

Who is that little girl hiding her face from the inquiring photographer? I don't rememebr for sure if it was Dorothy's niece or if it was the daughter of a friend for whom she was baby sitting. Dorothy will have to answer that one. Of course even little girls, as camera shy as they could be, could not stay out of the camera's eye for all that long as evidenced by the second shot I got.

Of course the two really ugly guys with the bad hair were Larry M and Timmy B.. Little Jo is the one turned toward them whose face is also hiding, although I have plenty of other pics of her in my archives.

Now I sort of can figure out just about what Larry and Timmy look like right now - uglier with shorter hair or no hair (at least probably in Larry's case). I know what Jo and Dorothy look like from recent pics. I have to wonder though - what did that little lady grow up to look like. My guess is she must be about 40 now. Hopefully she will get her pic from way back when and get a kick out of it. (Note the glimpse of the playground areas from back then.)

All the best,

Glenn B

Apparently Not Everyone Liked Schaefer

So what can I say about a picture like this. Must have been we were gaining expereince and learning about other beers - or maybe someone was just having fun. Actually I still think Schaefer was one of the better beers back then, though I do miss Schmidts. No not Schlitz - I mean Schmidts because it was the better of the two. Then again I seem to remember that I soon graduated to things like Blackberry Brandy, Tango, Yago Sangria, Mateus, MD 20-20, Ripple, Annie Green Springs (or was it Farms), Zeller Schwartze Katz, Jack Daniels, Old Grand Dad, Wild Turkey, Mellow Corn, Vodka, Gordons Gin (good enough for Bogart in the African Queen it was good enough for me until I found Tanqueray), to Legal Ades, and finally to a canteen full of, well let's just say, full of lemonade - great lemonade at that. It's a wonder I am not an alcoholic; and yes I still like a cold one now and then, and a shot too.

All the best,
Glenn B

Happy New Year- New Years Eve 1972

Happy New Year everyone! I knew I had this picture somewhere. Dorothy Karen and I. I believe it was 1972. Don't know who's car this was or who took the pic, but I do remember it was soooo cold out I was frozen. But ahhh, cheap (and cold) champagne in a paper cup.....who cared. Could life get any better?