Hey all,
Wow, I miss a lot when I don't check in for a week or so don't I? Apologies for that. I suppose what I ought to make clear is when I met Andrea and how old we were or how old I thought she was. I also want to thank everyone for being so friendly and nice and saying all the good things you have about my meeting up with my friend Rob again. We have been playing a lot of 'catch up' every day that we talk and sometimes we almost laugh ourselves silly. It certainly was a fun time back in those days and it seems like things and people were much easier going back then as well. I have just lain on my bed and meditated trying to bring my mind back to that time in my life. I first MET Andrea sometime in the year 1986-87. I was in Seattle before that time but had never met her until then. I think it was spring of 1986 perhaps. I remember that because when I met Andrea for the first time at City Beat, she had a Camellia in her hair that she had picked off a Camellia shrub outside of City Beat. I remember it was so very red against her jet black, big ratted out hair and pale skin. She must have been ( and this is only a guess! ) around the same age or maybe even a little younger than myself. I was born in Feb of 1967. That should nail it down a bit better for everyone. After that night, we would see each other every time we went to City Beat which was every weekend pretty much. She seemed to know a lot of people but they seemed to be only acquaintances. I never saw her with anyone that I would call a "best friend". I don't think she had one at all. Seriously. As I have said before, she seemed to be hiding or running from something and it seems like she didn't want to be around one person too long. She was 'flighty' that way. I always thought she was a lonely girl back then and I always did my best to befriend her and dance with her or just hang out together. I do remember only one time that ever let me get close to her. What I'm going to talk about now is in my past so don't think I'm still living like this or doing drugs. I know you likely don't need to be told that but I'm just making sure you know I am reliable and not a screwed up mess. Far from it in fact. Andrea and I each took a hit of MDA as I always seemed to be chosen as the middle man between the dealers and my friends. I'm a nice guy, what can I say? So, we took it and danced for a while and talked amongst other friends and when it took hold of us we fell into the usual "I love everything! It's all fabulous" mindset. They didn't call MDA the love drug for nothing back then, mind you. At some point, Andrea and I took off together and walked out of the club and up Boren Street to the old Monastery which of course was long closed down by then. We sat on the old back porch of it ( The Monastery was in an old church and very creepy at night ) and just talked. That is honestly the only time I remember ever getting close to her and being able to ask her questions. But, of course we were higher than kites so it was mostly laughing and hanging on to each other. I seem to remember that we had a bottle of orange juice with us and about 50 straws each. People who were on MDA used to chew on handfuls of straws. It was that or you'd keep clenching your teeth since all you wanted to do was talk, talk, talk and dance, dance dance. Hence the straws to chew on. This must sound so weird to you all and I can't believe I am telling you all this. This was the time I asked her seriously where she was from and what she did. This is when she told me that she worked taking care of an elderly or/and disabled woman in Burien, which is indeed a southern suburb of Seattle. I do not remember her telling me where she was from. The only thing that comes to mind is across the sound from Tacoma. So maybe Sequim, Olalla or one of the towns over there. I seem to recall her vaguely flapping her arms over towards the other side of the sound ( Puget Sound ) and saying something about across from Tacoma. So, unless that was a recollection of someone else I'm fairly sure that is what she said or indicated. After that, we started walking back to City Beat and still laughing ourselves silly. Oh, and when were on the back porch of the old Monastery, she did throw up too. Just really quick and I remember asking if she was okay and her laughing and saying yes, she was okay. She said it was just the MDA. It certainly never made me sick but perhaps she was doing more than me or was on other stuff too. I don't know. WE got back to CB and that was that. Didn't talk to her again the rest of that night except to say goodbye at closing. She did stay with my roommate and I once or twice too, but nothing of any importance was ever talked abut. She merely crashed on the big pile of clothes in our walk in closet and would leave early in the morning before we were up. Guess she had to go to work in Burien. I have no idea. Like I said, she seemed to have money most of the time and never asked for any from me or my roommate so I tend to believe that she did indeed work in Burien doing what she said she did. That's pretty much all I know. She was more of an acquaintance than a friend not because I didn't want to be but because she didn't want to get too close to anyone it seemed like. She obviously picked up on me being a nice guy and my sexuality being what it is, I wasn't a threat to her at all when it came to that. No awkwardness in our friendship or acquaintanceship or whatever you might want to call it. All I know is that I DO miss her and I am not happy with myself in that I didn't keep track of her when I left Seattle and "The Scene" so to speak. She was a really good girl or young lady. I could tell that much. But, she was running or hiding from something. That was obvious too. I do indeed still have the bracelet she gave me and it is still in my deceased mothers jewelry box on a shelf in my closet. I look at it often but I have never picked it up or worn it and neither did my mother. My mother just kept it safe for me while she was alive. I know I wore it a few times when I still lived in Seattle and hung out at City Beat. If any detective or LE wants it for DNA testing, etc. I am sure willing to let them have it for that but I would want it back. It means a lot to me like Andrea does. I guess I should remind everyone again that she pronounced her name as ( this is the phonetic spelling ) Awn-dray-uh. I suppose that is about it. I hope I have answered the questions everyone has asked and if not, just ask again and I will check in much more often than I have been. As I always seem to say, this young lady does seem like she might be my Andrea but I don't know what else I can do. She never told me a last name or any other personal info. I'm not sure that anyone in our group of friends and acquaintances ever really knew her either. I have asked many people. Many of the same people you see on the websites for City Beat, The Monastery, Skoochies and Club Broadway. Perhaps someone who is searching for those clubs will stumble onto this site too and recognize me or better yet, Andrea and they will say something about her that we don't know. That's my hope besides my even greater hope of just giving this young lady her identity back and doing for her what she so deserves. Again, if anyone has any questions for me regarding the Andrea I know/knew, then please ask. If you want to know about the Bat Cave scene and all that stuff, I'll be more than happy to answer those too. I think I saw where someone in an above post was interested in asking me about that. Have a great night and a fabulous week. Cheers to all - MontanaMan
PS - Friend Rob wants me to thank everyone for their healing thoughts and really great comments. He's doing great. Thanks everyone!