Comments for 70s life http://70slife.com Relive. Reclaim. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:11:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Have your tastes in music changed since the 70s? by arlene57 http://70slife.com/archives/98#comment-12 arlene57 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:08:30 +0000 http://70slife.com/archives/98#comment-12 As my brother Luis, I always was a listener too, but I liked singing, that was my passion. Although I was more into latin or Spanish music than my brothers I grew up with hits such as Yummie, Yummie, the Beatles, The Carpenters and The Monkeys and many more. My taste? Still the same. When I listen again to those songs I relive the good times around it. Like a time machine, back to the past. How can I forget when it is so impregnated in my soul and my heart... Nothing like that music, nothing like tose beats, nothing like those lyrics. Exciting as Yummie Yummie being the first song I dance with the first boy I liked at the first party I went and WITHOUT MY MOM!. Nothing like the 70's As my brother Luis, I always was a listener too, but I liked singing, that was my passion. Although I was more into latin or Spanish music than my brothers I grew up with hits such as Yummie, Yummie, the Beatles, The Carpenters and The Monkeys and many more. My taste? Still the same. When I listen again to those songs I relive the good times around it. Like a time machine, back to the past.
How can I forget when it is so impregnated in my soul and my heart… Nothing like that music, nothing like tose beats, nothing like those lyrics.
Exciting as Yummie Yummie being the first song I dance with the first boy I liked at the first party I went and WITHOUT MY MOM!.
Nothing like the 70’s

]]> Comment on Did your vision of the future in the 70s come true? by arlene57 http://70slife.com/archives/102#comment-16 arlene57 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:36:19 +0000 http://70slife.com/archives/102#comment-16 I can't really add too much to the above. When I was young I thought that society in the 21st century would be on a higher level, cars flying, traffic in the air, remember? like the Jetson's Family. I did not have that much of imagination towards technology but this wise some of my vision came true. As a society it did not. I'd rather be back in the 70's than now. Life back then was more joyful, stable and respected. In an all around my vision of the future did not came true. The power struggle is choking the humanity instead of releasing it. I remember Christmas, birthdays, new school year, a trip, Holy Week, summer time, and even romance, gave me butterflies and goosebumps, excitement was the word for it. All that is lost! but I have the memories which I have transmitted to my children and grandchild. Hoping for a better world for them 25 years from now, me, as a Babyboomer, have kept the same feelings and dreams since then. A great tool to still enjoy the next years to come within the harsh world of today. I can’t really add too much to the above. When I was young I thought that society in the 21st century would be on a higher level, cars flying, traffic in the air, remember? like the Jetson’s Family. I did not have that much of imagination towards technology but this wise some of my vision came true. As a society it did not. I’d rather be back in the 70’s than now. Life back then was more joyful, stable and respected.
In an all around my vision of the future did not came true. The power struggle is choking the humanity instead of releasing it.
I remember Christmas, birthdays, new school year, a trip, Holy Week, summer time, and even romance, gave me butterflies and goosebumps, excitement was the word for it. All that is lost! but I have the memories which I have transmitted to my children and grandchild. Hoping for a better world for them 25 years from now, me, as a Babyboomer, have kept the same feelings and dreams since then. A great tool to still enjoy the next years to come within the harsh world of today.

]]> Comment on Drive Ins were fun! by Luis http://70slife.com/archives/141#comment-19 Luis Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:22:33 +0000 http://70slife.com/archives/141#comment-19 I remember my first drive in from when I was in 5th grade. There was one right across from my school, at the corner where I took the bus. Sometimes, after cub scout meetings, we would try to watch the movie from the sidewalk. It was a real mom and pop affair. I don't think you could fit 30 cars inside. Throughout the 60s and 70s, my father would take the whole family to the drive in to watch his favorite movie stars: Rachel Welch and Clint Eastwood. LAter on, in my teenage years, it would be a different story. Picture this: 6 or 7 of my friends would pile in the car of Fernan 'Motor', him being a lot older than the rest of us, and head out to the drive in. Most of the times, we would all get out of the car before we reached the entrance, and let Fernan drive inside by himself. We would then jump a fence along the main highway and meet inside by the screen. I remember we had a special call, a whistle, <em>phwseee phwseee phwseeeewww</em> that we would follow it until we found each other (we used that call in many other situations). That was a lot of fun, if not illegal... At the end of the drive in days, I remember a couple of times going with a group of friends and making out with some girls, and that was as much fun... ;-) I remember my first drive in from when I was in 5th grade. There was one right across from my school, at the corner where I took the bus. Sometimes, after cub scout meetings, we would try to watch the movie from the sidewalk. It was a real mom and pop affair. I don’t think you could fit 30 cars inside. Throughout the 60s and 70s, my father would take the whole family to the drive in to watch his favorite movie stars: Rachel Welch and Clint Eastwood. LAter on, in my teenage years, it would be a different story. Picture this: 6 or 7 of my friends would pile in the car of Fernan ‘Motor’, him being a lot older than the rest of us, and head out to the drive in. Most of the times, we would all get out of the car before we reached the entrance, and let Fernan drive inside by himself. We would then jump a fence along the main highway and meet inside by the screen. I remember we had a special call, a whistle, phwseee phwseee phwseeeewww that we would follow it until we found each other (we used that call in many other situations). That was a lot of fun, if not illegal… At the end of the drive in days, I remember a couple of times going with a group of friends and making out with some girls, and that was as much fun… ;-)

]]> Comment on How did you meet your first love? by Luis http://70slife.com/archives/144#comment-18 Luis Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:56:36 +0000 http://70slife.com/archives/144#comment-18 My first love was so out of my league. I was camping at a beach called Playa Azul in Luquillo, PR, with my cousin el Enano. This was a great bodysurfing beach, and very popular with the 'older' crowd. We didn't have a tent - we slept wherever we could. There were nice apartment buildings, with basketball courts, which we used at night when we snuck in. We would meet many of our friends from San Juan and stay up all night playing music and just hanging out. I remember one night we slept in the stairwell of one of the hirise building. One afternoon, and to our incredible surprise, my cousin and I found ourselves in the apartment of the most beautiful cuban sisters, Isabel and Maria Elena Garcia. Isabel was the oldest one, a brunette with the most dreamy brown eyes you have seen, and Maria Elena was the most gorgeous blond you could imagine. They had suitors, big guys with 'stuff', but somehow, the ladies picked us to spend the weekend with. Oh my, oh my. We had borrowed my uncle's convertible: a copper-colored Plymouth Satellite, and spent three days riding around many of the beaches. Me and my cousin were 18 and 17, and the girls were 20 and 21! We didn't want to go back home. I didn't want that dream to end. I guess our families started getting worried and my aunt had to come and get us to come back. We, reluctantly, went back and the girls stayed a few more days. We then went on to date them, as best we could, without any money or anything else. I was madly in love with a mirage. We went to my senior prom together and I still couldn't believe it. Our thing lasted just a couple of months, but it was like floating on a cloud. And, as quickly as it appeared, my mirage, disappeared. All of the sudden, I wasn't it, <em>it </em>was someone else. I was painful but I didn't blame her. I did not know how, nor did I have the means, to take care of her. My first love was so out of my league. I was camping at a beach called Playa Azul in Luquillo, PR, with my cousin el Enano. This was a great bodysurfing beach, and very popular with the ‘older’ crowd. We didn’t have a tent - we slept wherever we could. There were nice apartment buildings, with basketball courts, which we used at night when we snuck in. We would meet many of our friends from San Juan and stay up all night playing music and just hanging out. I remember one night we slept in the stairwell of one of the hirise building.

One afternoon, and to our incredible surprise, my cousin and I found ourselves in the apartment of the most beautiful cuban sisters, Isabel and Maria Elena Garcia. Isabel was the oldest one, a brunette with the most dreamy brown eyes you have seen, and Maria Elena was the most gorgeous blond you could imagine. They had suitors, big guys with ’stuff’, but somehow, the ladies picked us to spend the weekend with. Oh my, oh my. We had borrowed my uncle’s convertible: a copper-colored Plymouth Satellite, and spent three days riding around many of the beaches. Me and my cousin were 18 and 17, and the girls were 20 and 21! We didn’t want to go back home. I didn’t want that dream to end. I guess our families started getting worried and my aunt had to come and get us to come back. We, reluctantly, went back and the girls stayed a few more days.

We then went on to date them, as best we could, without any money or anything else. I was madly in love with a mirage. We went to my senior prom together and I still couldn’t believe it. Our thing lasted just a couple of months, but it was like floating on a cloud. And, as quickly as it appeared, my mirage, disappeared. All of the sudden, I wasn’t it, it was someone else. I was painful but I didn’t blame her. I did not know how, nor did I have the means, to take care of her.

]]> Comment on Who was your best friend in the 70s? Have you kept up with him/her? by arlene57 http://70slife.com/archives/121#comment-13 arlene57 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:14:49 +0000 http://70slife.com/archives/121#comment-13 My best friend in the 70's was Nina. Schoolmate in elementary Colegio Vedruna. Being quite different we created a balance, I end up with her brother as my first boyfriend. She was my Maid of Honor at my wedding in 1976 and kept seeing each other for a few years more then we took different paths due to our marriages, jobs, etc, etc. Many years after on my 50th birthday I found her again. Same feelings, same joy as if time has never passed between us. Today, more mature, more experiences, more love, Nina and I have recapitulated past times, remembering how good our friendship was and standing up for the real thing. My best friend in the 70’s was Nina. Schoolmate in elementary Colegio Vedruna.
Being quite different we created a balance, I end up with her brother as my first boyfriend. She was my Maid of Honor at my wedding in 1976 and kept seeing each other for a few years more then we took different paths due to our marriages, jobs, etc, etc. Many years after on my 50th birthday I found her again. Same feelings, same joy as if time has never passed between us.
Today, more mature, more experiences, more love, Nina and I have recapitulated past times, remembering how good our friendship was and standing up for the real thing.

]]> Comment on Pick three words that described you in the 70s… by arlene57 http://70slife.com/archives/100#comment-14 arlene57 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:24:46 +0000 http://70slife.com/archives/100#comment-14 obscure, irresponsible, careless. WOW!. Never thought of that, but it is true. I was very much lazy at the time, didn't care about anything, always wanted things my way and make way for it to happen, no matter the cost or trouble I would get into. Time has made me grow up to patience, priorities, and structure. Becoming a Christian in 1999 my life is much different now. Three words? LIGHT, DIRECTION, CARETAKER. I am fulfilled with the power within. obscure, irresponsible, careless. WOW!. Never thought of that, but it is true. I was very much lazy at the time, didn’t care about anything, always wanted things my way and make way for it to happen, no matter the cost or trouble I would get into. Time has made me grow up to patience, priorities, and structure. Becoming a Christian in 1999 my life is much different now. Three words? LIGHT, DIRECTION, CARETAKER. I am fulfilled with the power within.

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