Before the Internet

July 19, 2011 at 7:16 am | Posted in flashback, history | 24 Comments

I’ve been on a tear the past few days, going through old photos and scanning them. If you’re a friend on Facebook than this is old news to you but I thought I’d share a few here with more back story.

Floating with my dad.

I am not sure where we are but it could be Lake Almanor. We used to stay at the PG & E cabins there in the summer and the winter. (My dad worked for that company for over 25 years.)

Mother and daughter sweetness.

That’s me in pig tails and overalls and my mom looking hot in a halter top. Anyone recognize the game we are playing? I don’t.

Beach time!

Growing up, my family spent a lot of time at the beach. There are countless photos of us having picnics or playing in the sand.

My beautiful mother in her 20's & a very young Sizzle.

My sister looks a lot like my mom.

I still make that face (me on the right).

Doke claims I even made that same face this past weekend. Mr. Darcy concurs- I make that face frequently. And that’s little Dokey there who Finn definitely resembles.

Disneyland Trip circa 1980's.

That’s me on the left, a tween (maybe the only time in my life I didn’t have a big rack), my sister who will likely kill me for putting that dorky photo of her up and our dad in his shades that are now back in style. We used to go to Disneyland in the spring for a family trip. I have really good memories of those times.

My college graduation from UCSC with James Dean and Tomato.

Every time I look at this photo, I laugh. James Dean’s pomp is so big! And Tomato is wearing a MOCK TURTLENECK and blazer. And I am so blonde and thin. Ha ha. I can’t remember what year I graduated. I was dating James Dean then so I must have been 23 which would make it 1996.

A couple old friends, my sis in the blue knit hat and me driving my VW Super Beetle.

I loved that car. LOVED. It was metallic burgundy with a white top and interior that would later begin to sag when the top was up so that anyone sitting in the car that was over 5’3″ might have it resting on top of their head. But man, when it was sunny and the top was down, there were good times in that car. I distinctly remember driving over Highway 17, the top down, music blaring, good friends in tow, and the sea salt air hitting me as we hit the crest and headed down into Scotts Valley.

My 23rd birthday was celebrated with my mom, sis, Tomato and James Dean at the Shadowbrook Restaurant (a fancy joint in Capitola, CA). Here are me and my sister, posing.

This was during my “Sharon Stone” phase. And someone commented on Facebook that my sister resembles Ellen Page here. She used to look like the lead singer of Garbage, Shirley Manson, before she was the lead singer of Garbage and was in a band called Angelfish (anyone remember them?). Once we were at an Angelfish concert, right up front near the stage, and Shirley herself did a bit of a double take when she glimpsed my sister.

We had a dress up party for Dokey's 21st birthday. That's my childhood house's backyard where many a party was thrown. Me at 23 and Tomato at 22.

It feels like so many of these snapshots happened mere days ago and yet, here I am, 38 years old.

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What a beautiful girl you are! So fun to look back in our story and “feel” the photos.

Comment by kristin— July 19, 2011 #
Oh I just love these photos!

Comment by hotpinksox— July 19, 2011 #
Love this!

Comment by Nanette— July 19, 2011 #
Just so we are clear, there is nothing MOCK about that turtleneck… it is 100% the real deal… and are you sure that isn’t 1995? Maybe it is 96. I hate our memory.

Comment by Bob Merrick— July 19, 2011 #
Jealous. My dad worked for the same company for 28 years but we never went to any of the cabins.

Also it’s strange to see you as a blonde.

Comment by Kailyn— July 19, 2011 #
Ooh I love Shadowbrook. Though I haven’t been there since I graduated.

Comment by Fluffycat— July 19, 2011 #
Woah! You are BLONDE in a couple of those photos. Scary blonde! Brown is the natural, right?

Comment by Kevin— July 19, 2011 #
Kevin- The earlier photos where my hair is a light brown is my natural-ish color. I started using sun in when I was 14 once my hair went to mouse-y brown. Then when I was 18 I dyed my hair burgundy much to my mother’s dismay. The blonde came out of a hair mishap. Tomato was “highlighting” my hair with one of those frosting caps and it went terribly wrong. Like I looked like a calico cat wrong. So I bleached it out and then I kind of liked it so I kept it that way for about 2 years.

Comment by Sizzle— July 19, 2011 #
I totally loved that blonde look with the red dress!!!
It’s great to see photos from the past! Thanks for sharing them here!

Comment by Noe— July 19, 2011 #
I believe the game might be Jr. Scrabble:

This is Circa today version… but I am guessing maybe? Whatcha think?

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=Jr.+Scrabble&hl=en&prmd=ivns&resnum=3&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1170&bih=639&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14460018688898897092&sa=X&ei=xQAmToSbD8Tj0QHs-ZTfCg&ved=0CFwQ8gIwAA

Comment by sirfwalgman— July 19, 2011 #
These are great! I love seeing old pictures!

Comment by Windsor Grace— July 19, 2011 #
girl, you rock dark brown AND super blonde? you are my hair hero. thanks for sharing – these are fan-dam-tastic!

Comment by rahree— July 19, 2011 #
Great photos! I don’t have that many between being the 2nd child and being really self conscious in my tween/teen years. My parents just stopped taking them.

Comment by claire— July 19, 2011 #
Definitely Jr. Scrabble

Comment by Lisa— July 19, 2011 #
Awesome. I love running across photos like this from my own life. :-)

Comment by Dave2— July 20, 2011 #
These are all amazing. Seriously. And I love getting to read the backstories with them, too. You are a lovely soul, friend. That shines through every single photograph, both now and then.

Comment by Kerri Anne— July 20, 2011 #
Love these! I looked through them on Facebook :)

I could sit and look at old pictures for hours. It’s so much fun to reminisce and cringe at past hairdos.

Comment by Mel Heth— July 20, 2011 #
The blonde hair is so sassy, and the graduation photo is SOOO ’90s! I love them all!

Comment by The Modern Gal— July 20, 2011 #
I haven’t been on FB in awhile, so I am so glad you posted these here! It was fun to see you at different stages. Plus, I don’t think I’d seen a photo of your dad before. The college graduation one cracked me up (mock turtleneck, HA!) and I think you’ve solidified that you totally rock short hair!

Comment by 180|360— July 21, 2011 #
Oh man, do I love the 90s makeup in these photos!!! Seriously. So cute. Very Reality Bites. Also, your mom looks like Katie Holmes in the photo of her holding you. You were such a cute baby!!

Comment by willikat— July 23, 2011 #
I love walking down memory lane, and those are some very gorgeous photos! I envy that you can pull off the short (and blonde!) hair with the bold lipstick – beautiful!

Comment by Michi— July 26, 2011 #
I love all these pics of you! Love them! Especially the one of you and your sis :)

Comment by kilax— July 27, 2011 #
I love these pics!

Comment by Meghan— July 29, 2011 #
Freaking love these pictures and stories :>

Comment by LongStoryLonger— August 10, 2011 #

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