DEBBI: Is this the apt u were in when i knew u- on P'tree st? u had taken all the wallpaper off in pieces-and then glued it all back on backwards-and it was FANTASTIC!
ME: I may have some old photos of the "reverso/tobacco leafish" wall treatment, which were "papered" over and painted beige after I left "1708", as were the subsequent Peloponnesian Man of War murals at "The DeSoto" on 7th St.
ME: I found the art deco sconces at a junk store.....they were perfect for the 1903 building.......the artist who did the trompe l'oeil marbling at The White House, flew to Atlanta to do the walls of the entrance foyer.....It was still a seedy neighborhood in the late 70's....Backstreet and all its wild nightlife, drag-queen hookers, pimps and drug dealers always on the late night scene.....I moved after a man was murdered in our foyer, my Reynolds bicycle was stolen, my parents witnessed two guys having sex in the grass of the then empty lot across 7th St....and my having to chase a drag hooker from turning tricks in the back seat of my old 1960 Cadillac towncar......
DEBBI: lived on 4th St- Jaff lived above us-and ed Barnum was across the street. I remember his house burning down-i think he saved his mom-but died when he went back in to save his dog- They found him holding her. The were both dead. I also remember he had one arm that did not have a hand.
LINDA: Anywhere near the Collonades? sp
CHESTER: I remember those British army shorts of yours. I finally got a pair of my own thanks to you Reed! Where was the building w/ the reversi/tobacco wall paper? On Peachtree?
DEBBI: The guy who did the marbling was at a fundraiser that i went to at Baltimore Place in 1978..omg....
[THEN, AS THE CONVERSATION VEERS OFF WITH SOME CONFUSION.....AS I THINK OF BOTH ED AND RYAN.......HMM.....PERHAPS, I SHOULD JUST RETURN TO MOPPING THE FLOOR.....]
ME: Ryan Gainey....remember him?.....also died when he went into his burning house to save his dogs.......or, was 'that' Woody Brooks? or, both of them, maybe?? I remember the last time I saw Ed Barnum.....who'd forget!.....His "date", Rudolf Nureyev and he were dining at Gene & Gabes after a Ballet Performance......5 feet from the table where Montague Matthews and I were dining.....Ed did all the talking, while Rudolf cruised the room for attention(s)......I think we may have been there for a 'late performance' by The Wit's End Players at Gene's wife, Teresa's, mini-theatre, Upstairs.
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