And Heaven To Bite

Van Ness and Geary, San Francisco, Halloween 1977: For sheer party extravagance, it's hard to beat San Francisco's gay streets, either Polk Street or Castro Street. It's like Carnival.

The Castro is closed off, and the more raucous, but Lori and I didn't drink much, so generally we'd meander in costume up and then down Polk, to see and be seen. She sported a fairy-godmother costume in purple with a tall, conical hat and scarf, and I used my standard demon costume -- long black wig with two horns, face-paint, red military jacket with epaulets and sword, blue pants with red stripe, boots, and a long tail.

We fit right in. But this particular evening was before I met Lori.

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