THEN AND NOW

We asked the participants in our Summer of Love Reunion photo what they were doing in 1967 and what they're doing now. Some of the answers are priceless.

Claire Burch

1967: trying to raise three kids with no money by myself

2007: video documentation.

Richard N. Mott & Amber the dog

1967: trying to hitch to SF from Ber Doo (San Bernardino)

2007: event promotion and production

Michael Randall

1967: acid

2007: jewelry

Richard Pedemonte

1967: student at Berkeley & carpenter

2007: production consultant for concerts and music festivals.

Martha Anne Wax

2007: art

Anthony Imperial

1967: York, PA, segregation, poverty

2007: nextarts.org

Stannous Flouride

1967: canoeing down the Yukon River

2007: Haight Ashbury walking tour & art

Gerald S. Brewster

1967: I was in awe. Lived in Haight from June 67 - Oct 2003.

2007: graphics and relaxing in Mill Valley

David Waddingham

1967: freaking Freely

2007: electric bassist & mirth making

Mike Somavilla

1967: paperboy in Alexandria, Va. and listening to rock and roll music and playing the drums

2007: SF music and record producer

Grant Jacobs

1967: taking pictures and post office

2007: taking pictures - owned part of Maritime Hall - putting on free show 66 Park Sept. 2nd

Helana Fitzgerald

1967: graduate from Sir Francis Drake High and going to the city SF

2007: owner of Wild Rose Recording Studio

Edith Wellin

1967: hanging out with Chet and John on Sacramento St. and Presidio Ave.

2007: retired teacher - still hanging out.

Michael Zwerling

1967: working very hard at Santa Cruz high school

2007: own and operate KSCO AM 1080 news/talk radio Monterrey- Santa Cruz - Salinas

Julius Karpen

1967: I was being in San Francisco and managing Big Brother and the Holding Company

2007: retired

Emmit A. Powell

1967: with the EmPorium

2007: Powell's Place

Elizabeth Princess Lane

1967: in school

2007: sing with Emmit Powell gospel elite

Jerilyn Lee Brandelius

1967: giving birth to a beautiful son Creek Lincoln Hart born Aug 12, 1967.

2007: help promote music in SF.

Jeannie Anderson

1967: school

2007: real estate

Rebecca Nichols Bivona

1967: sewing, tye-dying, cooking diggers, dancing at the Avalon, Fillmore, designing, producing.

2007: entertainment design - producer, archivist

Tara Ross

1967: Rock N Roll N

2007: Rock N Roll N

Medicine Mike

1967: singing and playing guitar

2007: singing and playing

Peg Brennan

1967: operating an anti-war coffee house

2007: retired (mother of the hippie gourmet)

Michael Rudman

1967: publisher, rock and roll

2007: realtor, rock and roll

Mark Weiman

1967: going to high school

2007: printer and publisher, Regent Press.

Mike Dingle

1967: chasing girls

2007: chasing $

Linda Brown

1967: involved in Cherokee education of kids.

2007: make Native American CDs -- sing and drum- blessed chiefs before they took stage at tribal stomps.

Bruce Dauser

1967: living at Cole on Oak St. ('66 on) had store in Haight ‘New Reflections' 2007: sell posters - work with a lot of artists still.

Ron Frazier

1967: party in my hometown San Francisco .

2007: non-profit student service and learning projects

Johnny Helms

1967: working with my brother Chet Helms of the Family Dog.

2007: antique dealer.

Thomas Soto

1967: living across the street (from the PH park) at Cole and Oak

2007: self-employed. Having a great time.

Chuck Gould

1967: hippie/ Digger

2007: retired

Tony Surreal

1967: Avalon

2007: retired

Lenore Kandel

1967: writing poetry

2007: writing poetry

Vicki Pollack

1967: I was a Digger.

2007: director & founder of Children's book project

Emma Jean Foster

1967: elementary school attendee

2007: sing with Emitt Powell gospel elites

Ron Reeden

1967: home

2007: retired

Jim (Shorty) Liles

1967: going to school

2007: contractor - (Events staff)

Pamela Brennan

1967: smoking weed, acid, demonstrating, macraméing & running a head shop, selling peace sign buttons, black and white and black panther stuff

2007: The Herb'n Inn Innkeeper & Haight Ashbury Flower Power Walking tour

Ann M. Cohen

1967: going to Berkeley activist stuff, fighting for peace.

2007: Allen Cohen editor of the Oracle is my husband.

Richard T. Webb

1967: born in SF. Truck-driving.

2007: Grove man

Judy Goldhaft

1967: Diggerly Do's

2007: perform & Planet Drum foundation

Gloria Di Biase

1967: giving birth to a baby girl (back East) on July 5 th , 67 - She's 40.

2007: partner with husband in publishing Wavy Gravy art. Vinglo Arts - was Jerry Garcia's personal homemaker and youngest child's nanny - Keelim.

Vince Di Biase

1967: (‘66) graduated Carmel H.S. went to Monterey Pop; GDB

2007: publisher of Wavy Gravy & Jerry Garcia artwork - Vinglo Arts

John C. Diamante

1967: The southern courier, Alabama ; New politics convention, Chicago ; Tripping with the spiritual, musical psychedelic tide of San Francisco ; Anti-war: exorcism of the pentagon.

2007: public interest special projects: North American Bio-Regions, and Wash D.C. editorial business/ proofreader.com

Chris Rowan

1967: I was 19 in Boston polishing my Honda 50

2007: playing music as one of the Rowan Brothers for the thrill of it all.

John Olsson

1967: going to high school, going to Fillmore & Avalon

2007: artist drummer, picture framer

Lauretta Walkup

1967: still in high school & having fun in the park listening to the Good Loe Greatful Dead & other bands. DUH Tuned in, turned out dropped out.

2007: saddleupcowgirls.com

Randall Goetzl

1967: student, Berkeley underground

2007: recently retired Muni Cable car gripman and supervisor.

Michelle McFee

1967: hanging out, going to College of Marin .

2007: PR for several rock bands.

Ken Flowers

1967: going to school back east

2007: retired - having fun

Boots Houston

1967: here

2007: I'm the promoter for the Summer of Love

Eileen Flowers

1967: nursing school

2007: Assistant editor JHT (Journal of Hand therapy)

Doug Dibble

1967: law school - living in the Haight.

2007: teacher.

Cathy Mathews

1967: backpacking through Europe .

2007: secretary - Community College

David (pronounced Dah-veed) William

1967: living in Haight Ashbury - having a whole lot of fun! They called me "the original hippie!"

2007: grow marijuana in Mendocino County - & enjoy life!

Lynda Najarian

1967: living in Japan with my parents - 11 years old but a rocker nonetheless. 2007: entrepreneur, owner - Judy's breadsticks aka Lovesticks

Howard Klein

1967: living at illbrook / Ashram, learning Leary community.

2007: live in Guerneville, member of Shambhala / Buddhist community.

Henry Schaeffer

1967: I was helping Bill Ham & Bob Fine do light shows. Also at the Avalon doing puppets.

2007: I am a tour guide

George Michalski

1967: playing music - school going to the summer of love events

2007: play music go to summer of love events.

Felicia Michalski

1967: raising a family with three boys - going to summer of love events

2007: admiring beauty, going to summer of love events.

Darice Murray-McKay

1967: Monterrey Pop, summer between junior and senior high school year.

2007: librarian @ SFPL Park Branch in the Haight.

John Eckstrom

1967: playing rock and roll

2007: CEO - Haight Ashbury Free Clinic

Greg Hoffman

1967: going to shows in SF

2007: Chet Helms biographer

Linda Yelnick

1967: student @ SFS "College" - going to the Fillmore, Avalon, Longshorman's hall every weekend - hanging around the Haight.

2007: I'm an artist manager for HYIM - urban world beat music (hyimvibe.com)

Bill Ham

1967: light show art

2007: light show art

Chez Ray Sewell

1967: Ken Kesey

2007: main chef for Summer of Love

Harla Simon

1967: LA, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin

2007: healing personal asst.

Keith Oliver

1967: hanging out near the crib

2007: law student

Creek Hart

1967: being born

2007: playing music

Deborah Hall (Merl Sanders significant other)

1967: Good Karma Productions K.C. Mo.

2007: making sure "Big Love" (Merl) is happy and keep'n on & summer of love w/ Boots

Merl Sanders

1967: you know!

2007: keep'n on

Kaye Griffin

1967: being a big hippy, in SF, at the Be-in

2007: activist, still expanding consciousness.

Waterfall

1967: engineer

2007: peace

Linda Yankee

1967: college 5 of us & my 2 cats drove out from Amherst , MA .

2007: nurse

Charles Lowles

67: drove my motorcycle out from Cleveland to be here

2007: own a shop

Ken Berk

1967: NYC - drummer L.I. band.

2007: hairdresser.

Rock Scully

1967: manager of the Greatful Dead

2007: consulting

Barbara Langer

1967: lived at Airplane house 2400 Fulton

2007: married to Barry Melton, in Davis MFT + 2 sons

Barry Melton

1967: playing music

2007: playing music and practicing law

Lani Silver

1967: student

2007: holocaust & racism oral historian & women's studies teacher.

Richard Olsen

1967: playing at the Summer of Love

2007: bandleader

Barbara Holden

1967: hitchhiking to the Haight following the Charlatans around.

2007: future museum curator for music city SF Rock Museum (fingers crossed).

Len Baron

1967: celebrating

2007: arts/entertainment, poster archive

Betty Cantor-Jackson

1967: working for the Family Dog Avalon Ballroom

2007: engineer and produce music & Glide Memorial church ensemble

Michael E. Parry

1967: outlaw - army

2007: VOL - Rock Medicine

Paul Auday

1967: not born yet

2007: teacher and founder of Plant a Tree non-profit.

Kentara Padron

1967: young person - coming to SF from San Jose , Warehouse concerts - outdoor rock jams - psychedelic dance rock shows - TV dance shows - did artwork - did rock DJ @ school.

2007: accountant - produce, direct & PR bands & shows of original latin rock music & classic rock R&B and Blues. Also festivals & benefit events in the bay area & LA areas. Work with Sapo, Malo, Tierra & others.

Sharon J. Skogen

1967: hanging in the Haight & going to concerts, raising my 2 yr. old son.

2007: retired from a career in exporting to Tahiti & working for the tubes.

Ira Newman

1967: restaurant, Ice Cream - Magnolia Thunderpussy & Quasar's Creamery

2007: nothing.

Janet Shahan

1967: at Haight & Stanyan

2007: CPA and friend of many

Diane Valory

1967: living with mom in Moriaga - still in high school - Campolindo

2007: songwriter for Journey "lyrics"

Eugene Schoenfeld

1967: writing Dr. Hip newspaper columns

2007: psychiatry & expert witness consultations

Wanda (Casey) Simpson-Baczek

1967: working at the Family Dog with John Helms, my other half!

2007: instructor San Francisco City College

Marian Shaffner

1967: going to school & marching in all the SF peace marches (great concerts in polo fields)

2007: faculty developers at Academy Art University and adjunct professor at SFSU

Linda Blaustein Appleby

1967: living at 626 Cole St. Sf Eating bagels & cream cheese at the coffee shop on Haight & Cole - smoking pot listening to music

2007: chef

Pat Ryan

1967: smoking pot, painting pictures, and digging the scene

2007: smoking pot, painting pictures, and digging the scene

Peter Kraemer

1967: playing (singing) w/ SOP with Camel

2007: "frontman"

Eric Noble

1967: tripping out, blowing my mind in Strawberry fields.

2007: IT director, Hastings College of Law, also known as the Digger Archivist: www.diggers.org "It's free because it's yours"

Lisa Udell

1967: working in a light show "Lights by us"

2007: Assistant Superintendent, Berkeley Unified School District

Gerry Bisson

1967: living free in the thought

2007: being a grandfather & work on mother Earth

Chief Sonne Reyna

1967: IN the high school love revolution

2007: native ceremonial leader and singer of healing songs

Steve Tyson

1967: first to export SF sound to the airwaves in Sacramento

2007: the straight guy that made the Rainbow flag happen & lots of other stuff.

Bob Fine

1967: working with Bill Ham doing light shows etc.

2007: sculpt and paint

Joseph W. Johnston

1967: making films; living communally

2007: art dealer, making paintings from Guatemala

Dickie Peterson

1967: playing Avalon and anywhere that would have Blue Cheer

2007: something

Kelly Ann Johnson

1967: listening to my collection of 45's in my blacklight room filled with fluorescent posters

2007: dirt road productions: Musical artist management & music festival production

Kurt Kangas "Crowbar"

1967: living on Ashbury/ working at Haight 1966-1976

2007: Art director, music production

Dana Marek

1967: running a safe house for youth

2007: building event space.

John Murray

1967: just moved to SF in summer of Love. Being a cub scout.

2007: 29 years with Jefferson Starship (so far) music manager for the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics.

Lourdes Agnes Livingston

1967: listening to the airplane & going to school

2007: Graduate director at Academy of Art University

"Diamond" Dave Whitaker

1967: turned 30 at the end of that (Diggers) summer they called the Summer of Love on the street called luv and Haight. Beatnick plus LSD = Hippy. I was there.

2007: V.P. of cultural affairs SF City College, mc open mic poetry & spoken word, community activist, member of the rainbow gathering.

Toney Burkhart

1967: army deserter, came to SF, got a job working for Bill Graham at Fillmore West 1968. Was bar and rest. manager put on events for Bill around the Bay Area. 2007: artist, astronomer from 1969 to today.

Tom Houston

1967: imagining a psychedelic world while attending dead and airplane concerts and anti-war protests.

2007: live in the Haight with wife and daughter, working as a roadie for Galaxxy Chamber and as a software engineer.

Camille Houston

1967: graduate school and traveling

2007: hospitality & traveling, writing and assisting in rock concert productions.

Robert Altman

1967: getting loaded.

2007: trying to stay loaded. Photography.

"Famous" Melissa Panames

1967: I was 13 years old & I was into teeny bopper fashion trends. My older brother took us all to Golden Gate park where Chet Helms announced all the free music in the park. I was afraid to smoke weed back then and laugh at it all today! 2007: making fine art & fine jewelry & looking for a new gallery space for Artemis Gallery.

Sandra C. Smith

1967: playing guitar/ piano, political activist, writing song & poetry, performing at coffee gallery, Drinking Gourd concert at state, painting & designing.

2007: antique dealer, musician, artist, writer.

Lisa Kot

1967: motorcycle mama

2007: legal advocate

Brad Vicknair

1967: in school in Walnut Creek , CA

Kerry John Rieck

1967: doing my part to help stop the War in Nam , LSD, learning stage production, music, Jr. White panther

2007: events production, loving my wife and dog, doing my part to make a better planet.

Steve Sodokoff & Terra Muzick

1967: went to Europe

2007: charity

Carrie Mallen

1967: dancing at SF concerts in the park with my parents. I was 7.

2007: manage litigation support for McKesson Corp (Board NextArts)

Arthur Round

1967: production manager "San Francisco Oracle"

2007: handyman services

Scoop Nisker

1967: dancing

2007: writer - Buddhist teacher.

Lee Housekeeper

1967: seer and overseer for clear light

2007: San Francisco stories owner

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

1967: breathing lightly

2007: breathing heavily

Ruth Wechsler

1967: working at UC Berkeley - got divorced - moved into an apartment on Telegraph Ave. - became hippie

2007: retired - national volunteer for American Red Cross - still hippie

Penny A. Sprunger

1967: 9 th - 10 th grade Long Island NY

2007: property manager, Trinity

David Bean

1967: ran away to the Haight from Olympia , Wash. At 16.

2007: Internet music streams. www.slacker.com , www.basebeat.com

Izu Interlandi

1967: came here in 67 Summer of Love

2007: Haight Ashbury flower power walking tour

Jeannette Sears

1967: college - hanging out - taking a lot of acid and having fun.

2007: author - songwriter - mother - married 32 years - the spirit is still alive!

Taren Sapienza

1967: being conceived

2007: publicity & events

Pete Sears

1967: playing with "Sam Gopal Dream" in London England . U.F.O. club, Middle Earth, Ally Pally etc. Hendrix

2007: musician with "Moonalice", "David Nelson." Sometimes other acts like "Steve Kimock" "Phil Lesh" etc. "Soundtrack works"

Ben Fong-Torres

1967: "too much" (i.e. Rolling Stone magazine)

2007: too little

Frankie Bruno

1967: street musician artist writer & free spirit 13 years old in Haight Ashbury dist.

2007: street musician artist writer & free spirit 53 years old in Haight Ashbury dist.

Steven Brown

1967: managing "the friendly stranger" band in SF. Then off to Viet Nam , as a navy photo-journalist.

2007: videographer/ producer documentaries.

Joanne B. Hotchkiss

1967: I was in Greece

2007: publish the Haight Ashbury Lit. Journal

Debbie Sommer

1967: listening to rock and roll with my babysitter

2007: listening to rock and roll while babysitting.

Dan Hicks

1967: in the Charlatans band , living in the Haight.

2007: Professional musician

Hank Berman

1967: in India @ an ashram & N.Y. lower east side chanting with Ginsberg

2007: psychotherapist in S.F.

Sharon Carol Herman

1967: was in both SF in the Haight and returned to Portland OR Feb '68. Original family dog - 1 st year at the Avalon ballroom.

2007: in home support service worker (for my old man) laid off asst. Middle School teacher - artist and madman as always.

Betsy Elliott

1967: high school & skiing in Vermont .

2007: travel agency promoter ( www.be4yourtravels.com )

Victor George

1967: going to grammar school in Lexington MA.

2007: environmental scientist

Ann Pierson

1967: let's talk later

2007: semi-retired music producer/ hospitality director

Chris "Ole" Olavsen

1967: boot camp (navy)

2007: walk the Earth.

Adrienne Gallagher

1967: enjoying a slower pace after racing through the earlier sixties dances, good drugs & bliss.

2007: sing in a small choir, grandmother & mother.

Eric Christensen

1967: getting high and living in the Haight-Ashbury on Downey street , working for Tom Donahue, going to UC Berkeley

2007: TV/Film producer - producing & directing trips festival documentary

Jeanne (Colon) Rose

1967: making clothes for San Francisco bands.

2007: write books about herbs and aromatherapy.

Christopher Bernard

1967: in high school dreaming about escape.

2007: published a novel, a Spy in the Ruins. Edit and publish Caveat Lector magazine.

Victoria Rayles

1967: Cal. , NY , Fla "Drugs" Fun, Music

2007: inventor.

Sheila Rubinson - Ash

1967: going to Hunter college NY (soph) walking in protests against the war.

2007: bed N breakfast owner.

Joel Eisenberg

1967: student

2007: real estate investor.

Joli Valenti

1967: running around naked with flowers in my hair.

2007: playing with Quicksilver Gold

Albert Neiman

1967: Straight Ashbury Viewing Society and New Reflections Haight St. Store. 2007: art sales: Visualtransformation.com.

Anya Milano

1967: not born yet. Step-daughter of Allen Cohen

2007: landscape design, helping Boots with organizing the Summer of Love 40 th & selling T- shirts/inventory.

Nic Grabien

1967: playing in the band

2007: historian/consultant

Marlene Dupont

1967: I stand on the 5th on Haight & Cole.

2007: make-up artist still standing

Michael Mitchell

1967: prison London UK 1948

2007: artist

Deborah Grabien

1967: getting politicized

2007: write mystery novels

Susan Tibbon

1967: after school walking to my mom , Nancy Tibbon's, office at Ramparts magazine and protesting the Vietnam war.

2007: painting and designer, Atelier Posey et Susan www.susantibbon.com and the De Young museum in Sept 2007!

Phil Hammond

1967: manager/ booking agent Avalon ballroom for Chet Helms/ Family Dog/ Astrologer librarian janitor @ KMPX