In the process of going through a bunch of photos today I came across a few from Halloweens past! Corky Hilliard, Aralyn Hughes, Crouse and I, and about 10 or so other crazies, used to throw the best Halloween Party each year. They were always held at the hottest clubs in town, Antone's, the club above Katz's, some place on Lake Austin that I can't remember the name of, etc. Tons of people came (250-400), people really went all out on their costumes, and we always had a killer band. Someday I’ll post photos of some of the outstanding costumes that our friends came up with, but here are just a few of ours.
Costumes included, Homer and Marge Simpson, Rambo-ette, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, "Cow-man" Miranda, "The Morality Police" and a Deadhead.
One year we were the cover of a romance novel (see photo on left above). The signs say, “Passion On The High Seas,” and “Taken captive by the dreaded she-devil pirate, scourge of shipping and the terror of the V-birth, he became her cabin boy & love slave.” I also had a jeweled eye-patch and a scary whip!
We went as Marilyn Monroe and "Just Another Dead" Kennedy" (that 's my mom in the mysterious outfit), and "Nurse Naughty" and Watermelon Girl.
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Often, costumes were tied to big news events of the year, i.e., the Waco Branch Dividians fiasco, our hosts theme that year. T-shirts (below) said, "Branch Dividiots" on the front and "Another Extinquished Host" on the back. Since pregnant cheerleaders were also a big issue that year, I was a combo. Crouse was the Dividians "big dick" leader, David Koresh! Needless to say, he was Mr. Popular that night with the Gals. We always had so much fun!
As in less than. Wait,,,,mmmm,,,,could be both. They have been around for decades. Use to be based in Austin. I visit their web site about once a year for laughs and also as a mental Ex-lax. http://www.subgenius.com/
Good Day and welcome to the Gals – Very Smart Gals blog. My name is SueAnn Wade-Crouse, and I am a very proud mother of three and grandmother of eight, and have been happily married for 20+ years to an extraordinary man. I am also a development consultant/grant writer, over-reader, camper and closet recluse. I have walked on the coals of life and survived and become stronger from that which hasn’t killed me. My life is blessed with abundant and magnificent family and friends. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope that you will post a comment, subscribe, and email the site to your friends. Lust for Life.
What the heck is Gals – Very Smart Gals? I originally created the Very Smart Gals blog because I wanted, or perhaps needed, to record my memories of my recently departed mom, Willie Belle Forbes Wade. Willie was a wile old gal who taught her four daughters and one son many things, not the least of which was to make friends with smart women. Since she was a schoolteacher by trade, she tended to teach her life lessons over and over (the reinforcement principal), so I decided a good way to memorialize my mom and capture her wisdom was to repeat the things she taught me. Voila! “One Hundred Things My Mom Taught Me A Million Times,” the anchor of the Gals – Very Smart Gals blog, was born. Another thing Willie taught us was to read, read, read. Aware of my reading addiction, friends often ask, “What’s good?” So, I began reviewing books on my Gals – Very Smart Gals blog as well, even drawing comments from some of the authors of books reviewed. Then in the fall of 2009, one of the 350+ gals on my list of Very Smart Gals said, “Who are the Very Smart Gals? Why are you keeping all of them to yourself?” So, I began a series of lunches and happy hours to introduce 3-6 women at each get together. The outcome was magical and difficult to define. There were women I had known for 20 years I didn’t know knew each other. There were rediscovered friendships. Gals even discovered shared distant relatives! And each lunch or happy hour ended with very smart gals knowing more very smart gals. The Very Smart Gals live all over the US; they’re every age and every color; they’re wealthy and barely scraping by. In fact, their only common denominator, other than being female, is “smart.”I also tend to be reclusive, so getting the Very Smart Gals together is part of my self-induced therapy, to get me out of my shell. So, what’s the agenda of the Very Smart Gals; what is the deeper meaning? Very Smart Gals is about women appreciating, honoring and supporting each other, and according to wile Willie, that is important enough.
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Ha, are you guys members of the Church of the Sub Genesis?
ReplyDeleteits a real church
Could be? Don't know! I'll have to check out "Church of Sub Genesis" to see! Ha! Sub and in less than, or sub as in underground????
ReplyDeleteAs in less than. Wait,,,,mmmm,,,,could be both. They have been around for decades. Use to be based in Austin. I visit their web site about once a year for laughs and also as a mental Ex-lax. http://www.subgenius.com/
ReplyDeleteoh man you are BAD!!----but funny!! Linda Sue
ReplyDeleteBad girls, talking 'bout bad girls....sing it Donna!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing photos of my Austin friends, especially the historical/histerical ones of you and Crouse. keely
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