63 class notes
so mark your calendars tentatively for April 9-12, 2015 in Palm Springs for our birthday bash. Details to follow.”
1974 Sally Fay calgal75@aol.com
Beginning with this issue, we will publish notes for each class once a year—odd-numbered class years in the spring and even-numbered in the fall. Look for your class notes in the fall issue!
1975
Deanna Duoos Davis deanna.davis@yahoo.com Sarah “Sarita” Bryant wrote from paradise in Oaxaca, Mexico where she just finished a weeklong intensive with a fantastic Maestro printmaker and an extra
day of à la poupée inking instruction and lithography. As you may have heard, she moved to Poulsbo, WA, just west of Seattle, where she and her mother invested in a clam farm. While entertaining the idea of visiting Croatia this year, she lists Portugal as one of her top favorite destinations to visit. On other fronts—and there is no escaping the fact— she has experienced several deaths of loved ones in the past three years. Sadly, her father passed away last year, leaving Sarah and her brothers the task of running the family ranch east of Paso Robles. While managing a ranch, Sarah is very involved in some rewarding projects through Rotary involving international works, well digging, and microfinancing. She’s also excited that her artwork is really taking off now, too. In 2013, Sarah visited Florine Clark at Flo’s new horse farm, and while attending her dad’s memorial she saw Sarah Colmery Preston, who had moved back to Carpenteria where she is working at Cate School. Both of her daughters are in Los Angeles, and her son, Robbie, attends Cate. Sarah just loves to be back in California after having spent 17 years in New York. Just south of Sarah, Christine Blom Gomez wrote from Ventura. She is still working in advertising at New Day Marketing in Santa Barbara, going on 18 years now. Taking some vacation time, she and her nephew (14) spent a week in Austria visiting relatives. Christine was
Class of 1974: Front row: Betsy Pollock Scimone, Cindy Bondesen Grier, Cherie Pettit Arkley, Tricia Lungren Partridge, Vickie Tarantino, Sally Fay, Susan Gates Suman, Jeanne Vibert Sloane, Liz Nomellini Musbach, Lisa Cavanaugh Wiese Second row: Suzanne Dragge Icaza, Paulina “Mouse” Callery Endicott, Peggy McDonnell Vance, Kathy Trafton, Lisa Sutton, Chris Onorato-McKevitt, Suzanne Turner, Anne de Lorimier Eggleton Third row: Teresa Rothe Graham, Susan Bowen Osen, Kirby Walker, Angela Tirrell, Randi Stroud Fisher, Arden Bucklin-Sporer, Cynthia Tuttle Sanderson, Olava Menczkowska
delighted to see that the beautiful Christmas markets were up, complete with roasting chestnuts and hot mulled wine to keep them warm. She and her nephew schlepped over 52 pounds of Mexican food, which was used to whip up a fiesta feast for the Austrians—complete with carnitas, tacos, and handmade margaritas. Christine reports that she has since gone to three Kundalini Yoga retreats and all have been fantastic! Christine also recalls the time a few years ago when she joined Joan Artz at her mother’s Carmel home, where Amanda Bryan and I joined in on the fun. Christine reports that Christie Wills Price has moved back up to Palo Alto, and Anne Kresl is back in Marina Del Rey. Anne emailed Christine recently saying that she wants to reconnect with classmates, so Christine is going to try and organize a get together with classmates from California perhaps this spring if anyone is interested. Joan Artz is living in Carmel Valley and works as a landscape contractor, landscaping homes in Carmel and as far north as Hillsborough. She also designs distinctly unique greeting cards and plans one day soon to start designing fabric. Joan had a great time during our sleepover in Carmel. Joan and Christine have gotten together several times since then. Karrie Schreiner Barnett recently enjoyed a whirlwind travel schedule, starting with Sydney, Australia before the holidays, then on to Bora Bora, where her family spent Christmas, and finally on to Hong Kong. Next stop is New York City. She reports that she is fortunate to not get jet lag and that’s a good thing! Karrie and her husband Larry have just one child living at home, Marlowe (16). Karrie plays chauffeur often, which sometimes feels like more work than all her boys combined! Jeannie Jagels Vaughn wrote from Pasadena that both of her daughters live in New York and her son is in Los Angeles. Jeannie’s daughter, Emma, got married last June to Ravi Agrawai. It was a beautiful Indian/Catholic wedding ceremony and probably the happiest day of her life. Jeannie is still running the small family office in Pasadena, working about 30 hours a week. Her mother is getting on in her years yet “still very much with us” and she sees her often.” Michele Bozzo Mahi has been very busy in her role as the HR business partner to Chiquita/Fresh Express in Salinas. She and her husband are empty nesters now, and one would think that they would be jetting back and forth to Hawaii for some much-needed R&R. However, their careers have taken over their lives. The good news is that Michelle is going to be a grandmother in April as her daughter Kaleinani and spouse Bryce are expecting a baby. Her