Female

5th generation native San Franciscan, raised Catholic, eldest of 9 children (7 still living), had a painful & crazy childhood, was a hippie, hung out at the Grateful Dead house for awhile with my friend Chas and Ron McKernan, marched in peace marches, ran away at 16, did a porn film for Alex De Renzy, went to a lot of concerts at Winterland (saw Jimi there), The Family Dog, Fillmore West (saw Janis there), and the Avalon Ballroom, married at 19 & 5 mo pregnant at City Hall S.F., married for 29 years, had a daughter (now 33), sporadically worked in various retail & marketing jobs, had many letters to the editor published in many publications, (inc. Herb Caen's column), won the Mercury News Silver Pen Award, had news reports (newspaper & tv) about myself & family, volunteered for some worthy causes, drew comic strips and line drawings, had MANY cats, made custom stuffed animals, etc.

In Jan 2002, happily married again to my first Love from grade school, worked in a bakery (I later did their website), then as a photo tech, now a full-time EBay seller, and Artist(won "Best in Show" for one of my digital artworks). I am also a Photo Asssistant for our family gallery, Digital specialist, and occassional web designer.