  1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1133 Registered: 08-2008 |
The former location of Mr. Floods and Leopold Bloom's.  | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1134 Registered: 08-2008 |
It's still Seva.  | ||
Stnfrnt Member Username: Stnfrnt Post Number: 574 Registered: 09-2008 |
1klsn...can't say I was all that familiar with the places being mentioned here, but the overall scene is foreign to me. Don't recognize anything. Great pics, though. | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1135 Registered: 08-2008 |
THEE one and THEE only, THEE former and present - Fleetwood!  | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1136 Registered: 08-2008 |
Ditto.  | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1137 Registered: 08-2008 |
And my present favorite - The Jerusalen Gardens. Great food, cheap prices. A difficult find in present day A2.  | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1138 Registered: 08-2008 |
Well Stone, a lot of years have passed. There are times when I'm around A2 and I look around and think it's not very familiar to me. Time and perspectives have changed. You haven't been here for years so it's not surprising it's unfamiliar to you. As much as it's changed, I think you'll get the feel for it when you arrive. | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1139 Registered: 08-2008 |
BTW, my photo and post #1128 is Mr. Flood's Party and Leopold Blooms from about 25 years ago. Compare it to my photo and post #1133 from today. | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 1141 Registered: 08-2008 |
Please watch PBS' Frontline documentary, Ten Trillion and Counting. You won't regret it. | ||
Candy_man Member Username: Candy_man Post Number: 194 Registered: 12-2008 |
Yes, I remember Fergy, Stoney and Charley to be best of friends. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 1010 Registered: 08-2007 |
Too bad I only have an hour left on the computer. I envy all of you who had the chance to even step foot in the GarWood. I have to make this a daily habit to read this thread.Not only do I learn about the past I get to see places I have been to in A2 which have changed.Like the Pretzel Bell. Thanks to all. | ||
Stnfrnt Member Username: Stnfrnt Post Number: 575 Registered: 09-2008 |
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Stnfrnt Member Username: Stnfrnt Post Number: 576 Registered: 09-2008 |
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Stnfrnt Member Username: Stnfrnt Post Number: 577 Registered: 09-2008 |
On John Colliers blog there's a great shot of Victor kickin it on a couch. Is there someone crashed out on the couch in the background? | ||
Margie Member Username: Margie Post Number: 436 Registered: 10-2008 |
Mornin lovers of life and artistic expression  | ||
Detroitgirl80 Member Username: Detroitgirl80 Post Number: 30 Registered: 03-2009 |
Good morning Margie! | ||
Old_guy Member Username: Old_guy Post Number: 598 Registered: 04-2008 |
Stnfrnt, It looks like someone on that couch but I don't think it is. A bit to small. Probably the remnants of someone that slept there. Boy, that couch that Victor's sitting on. Under the right hand cushion was a great spot to store goodies during parties. That's where I pulled the bottle of wine from the morning after the last big party. There's something about that photo that just pulls me back through time and into the ballroom. I don't know if it's the same couch, but I remember sitting right there on a couch smoking doobies with the guy from the Fisher mansion, his bodyguards and an FBI agent. That was the night the guy got the munchies, gave Fergie a $100 bill and he went out and bought a $100 worth of McBurgers. The guy had never had one before, was high and loved them. | ||
Gashl1 Member Username: Gashl1 Post Number: 212 Registered: 10-2008 |
Mornin one and all.....A busy last day or two here in the south....spent the last couple days mowing and getting the garden ready for planting.... rain today and for most of the rest of the week....and realized that we are at..... 80 DAYS and counting..... | ||
Gashl1 Member Username: Gashl1 Post Number: 213 Registered: 10-2008 |
By the way .... there is some one laying on the couch in back of Vic.....Did you know that if you go to John' blog and click on the photo the it blows up with amazing clarity....a tribute to the quality work the John Collier does....check it out....Someone might want to check her pulse tho....she looks mighty still | ||
Gleeman Member Username: Gleeman Post Number: 116 Registered: 10-2008 |
no, there is no one on the couch behind Vic, just a 2 blankets on 2 couches and Stn's sprinkler... my guess.. does anyone know how to complete the "post comments" section on John's blog ? it asks for a "profile" when making a comment... ? | ||
Det313grrl Member Username: Det313grrl Post Number: 567 Registered: 01-2005 |
That blog is a beauty, isn't it. Thanks again, John, great stuff! Gash you're right about someone asleep on that sofa. I really wish we could enlarge that last shot of the ballroom, the one where people are hanging out of the master bedroom windows. Stnfrnt, isn't Peatie wearing your hat in that one pic of her by the pool table? | ||
Old_guy Member Username: Old_guy Post Number: 599 Registered: 04-2008 |
I don't know Gash. I was looking at the large version of the photo. If that is a person, they're a wee bit small. In fact their head is about the same size as a schnauzers. Their body must have wilted over night too. I think, blanket and small pillow that looks like a face. The couch in back on the right has a really skinny person on it. I can almost see Neil sticking his head out of the organ pipe curtains and smiling. Gash, just my opinion. Who knows? | ||
Det313grrl Member Username: Det313grrl Post Number: 568 Registered: 01-2005 |
www.collierpics.blogspot.com | ||
Det313grrl Member Username: Det313grrl Post Number: 569 Registered: 01-2005 |
Old_guy, if you "save" the enlarged version and then zoom in, sure looks like a small blond girl to me. | ||
Old_guy Member Username: Old_guy Post Number: 600 Registered: 04-2008 |
True, I cropped that area and blew it up, but... The only thing I can think of is that maybe it was one of, well, I don't want to start this all over again, but maybe that one guy that lived there's overnight guests. You know ,somebody that didn't want the free fly swatter. A wee youngin'. | ||
Gleeman Member Username: Gleeman Post Number: 117 Registered: 10-2008 |
I found out that the photo I used of the mansion to paint the Gar Wood piece (for the invitation) was in deed from J Collier..so my apology to him for not putting the Collierian name at the bottom right...(I had put Oklahoma's initials as I thought thats who shot the photo, but, will leave it there anyway)... | ||
Gashl1 Member Username: Gashl1 Post Number: 214 Registered: 10-2008 |
Check out other thread...Uriel Jones passes....another Detroit Musician playing in the "Big Band" | ||
Old_guy Member Username: Old_guy Post Number: 601 Registered: 04-2008 |
 Maybe, just maybe you're right. | ||
Gashl1 Member Username: Gashl1 Post Number: 215 Registered: 10-2008 |
Gleeman...I'm having the same problem posting comments....I'm not at all surprised that I'm having a problem....I'd just like to tell John Collier "thanks for sharing his exceptional talent with us and that I'm looking forward to seeing (note correkt spelin) more pics an seeing him at the reunion......the chick might be Peatie....who ever was looking for her....there she is.....might want to check her pulse...looks kinda still........ | ||
Gashl1 Member Username: Gashl1 Post Number: 216 Registered: 10-2008 |
OG....what ya mean 'maybe'....if that aint a person laying there, then we got a head laying there.....no one liners either STLRKN!!!!!!! |
