-Tap (1989 Film)
Twenty-five years ago today:
April 20, 1985
Saturday
At 8:30AM I received a surprise phone call from Elisa Brown. We set up a spur of the moment meeting at Alameda Joe’s in the Mel’s Bowling Alley for breakfast. It will be fun to see her and her daughter, Stephanie. It’s been over a year since I have seen them.
While I was getting ready for my breakfast outing Steffanya Redding telephoned to confirm our outing for tonight. I am to be at her pad by 6:30PM.
“It won’t be a problem. I’ll be there,” I reassured her.
“I also have more clothes to give to you for Ashley that Tabitha can’t fit into anymore.”
“Oh, okay, that’s sweet of you.”
Dale called, too.
“Dee still hasn’t had the baby.”
“I’m sure it will be soon.”
“Why don’t you come over today?”
“Well, it sounds a like a good idea after my breakfast outing with Elisa. Why don’t I call you at around twelve-thirty?”
“Okay, call me.”
Elisa and I had a nice breakfast. She wrote me a six-dollar check for the meal because she didn’t want to “owe” anything. I didn’t mention the fact that she never did reimburse me for all of the money that I paid for her way to Hawaii (the trip we took together in June 1979).
Elisa brought a photo album for us to look over during those Hawaiian days. She also brought her daughter, Stephanie Brown. She has grown up a lot and really looks cute. After our breakfast and catching up on things like ‘Tony and Helen’s marriage’, Ashley’s turning eleven months old, my almost marriage to Paloma, her sister Bunni living in Walnut Creek, Bonni Jayne’s bartending in New York and her mom’s adopted son and how the adopted son’s parents are now pregnant again with twins!
After breakfast we went to the Harbor Bay Isle outdoor flea market. Elisa bought a little sandbox for Stephanie for one-dollar. I almost bought a Victorian picture made out of ceramic tiles for twenty-dollars but did not. After our little exploration we went to my mom’s and little Stephanie Brown met little Ashley Armijo. John and Sherri had just arrived with Ashley as they had plans to attend a baseball game at the Oakland Coliseum. Elisa was gabbing away with Sherri about each other’s daughter. Ashley got a real kick out of Stephanie and vice versa. Once John and Sherri left Elisa and Steph left, then I left.
I went home to change clothes. I called Dale at 12:30PM as promised.
“Okay, I’m on my way.”
I reached Pittsburg while Dale was doing his gardening work around the house. We both washed my car but I must admit---Dale did most of the work. We played a lemonade game on his home computer. We watched the PLAYBOY Channel too. Some of the strippers (male and female) were really good. Dale shared an interesting story with me after I told him about my SUAVE deodorant.
Dale said, “I once tried it with a banana and I tried it on Dee once, too. She didn’t want to do it at first—but then she liked it. So when we tried it another time she bled so we quit what was the start of the banana routine.”
“That’s funny.”
“Yes, but it is possible to do.”
I frowned.
“Michael, his name is Dusty!”
“I know but it looks like a scruffy,” I said.
By the time 6:30PM rolled around I had to get ready to go to Fairfield. There was a misunderstanding in Dale’s driving directions. I took a longer route through Highway 160 to Highway 12 but I got to Steff’s by 7:45PM. It took thirty-five minutes longer than Dale’s predicted twenty minutes.
When I arrived at Steff’s she wanted to go to the Officer’s Club, then dinner afterwards. We took Tabitha to a black woman babysitter. The Officer’s Club was “dead” but we managed to make it enjoyable. We each had a White Russian cocktail and danced to about five different songs. Jean-Pierre, the modeling agent guy, is black and seemed quite friendly. I thought it interesting that he was from France.
Jean-Pierre said, “You will be attending a class in San Francisco.”
It was all news to me…really. Time will tell. While time dragged at The Officer’s Club we eventually headed to the Non-Commissioned Club even though I didn’t really feel like going out tonight. Lucky for me, Steff didn’t have her ID card, so we couldn’t get in to the Non-Commissioned Club.
We went to find Tabitha but got a bit confused as to which house she was at. We finally found it and Tabitha, Steff and I went to her friend Josephine’s for a quick minute. Then it was time to get a video movie: “Breathless”. Tabitha and I were in the car and I was playing games with her with my spider ring and my ten fingers and her eleven fingers (I counted wrong on purpose). Tabitha found that amusing.
When we got back to Steff’s house Tab and I had some lemon meringue pie. Tab went to bed and Steff and I watched “Breathless”. The story is by Francois Truffaut (“A Bout De Soufflé") and the screenplay was written by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Richard Gere. I wonder why we watched that movie. It's about the last man on earth any woman needs...but every woman wants.
I went straight home after the movie. If I hadn’t had that cup of coffee before I left her house I’d have fallen asleep during the drive! I arrived home at 1:55AM. I got a call from her while I was fooling around, “I got home okay,” I said. Then I went to bed, wondering if I had tried the “speed” that she had. She didn’t offer it, just said she had it. I wonder how it would have affected me. I may try it this Friday during the CHICAGO concert.
"Your love disturbs me."
-A Love To Hide (2005 Film)
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