posted August 08, 2004 06:25 PM         

I met Eunice Shriver (Maria's mom, President Kennedy's sister, and Arnold's mother-in-law)when she was speaking at a democratic meeting at a home right next door to where I lived...my next door neighbor invited me...she was campaigning for a guy who was running for Gov of Michigan, at the time...(I can't remember his name)

....and then there was President Ford's family who lived in Grand Rapids, MI. My father-in-law knew the Ford family...they did business with each other.....so at Christmas time, President Ford's brother Tom used to send us a box of assorted cheeses, every year....I thought that was kinda cool...

Let's see...what else...hmmm...might mention a certain fellow with whom I had a romance, who gained a bit of fame, and appeared on Dick Clark's Bandstand...I won't name him...(and I feel silly for even taking about it...but ya asked...)

That's all I can think of for now...

posted August 08, 2004 06:48 PM         

I am Native American Indian and live on a reservation here in Michigan...Our tribe is called THE LITTLE RIVER BAND OF OTTAWA INDIANS....

Every year our tribe has a pow wow and this year Irene Bedard attended.

Irene was the voice of POCAHONTAS in Disney's movie that came out a while ago and she was also the model for the animated Pocahontas in the movie......

Anyway, to make a long story short...*sigh*..

I'm posting a picture of my granddaughter Tianna with Irene. Tianna lives in Tennessee, but was visiting me this summer, so my very happy little granddaughter and I went to the pow wow together where she got to meet "Pocahontas."

She absolutely LOVES that movie and has seen it over and over, and so it was a total thrill for her to actually get to meet "Pocahontas." I am the photographer this time...and I might mention that Irene was also a very sweet person

TIANNA AND POCAHONTAS

posted August 08, 2004 07:19 PM         

She is a Native American Actress born in Alaska, on July 22, 1967

Her big breakthrough came in 1994, in TNT's historically potent Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. Bedard won a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Mary Crow Dog, a woman whose life gains meaning when she joins the famed 1973 Indian protest event involving the American Indian Movement. "I came out feeling I'd done my job well," she says of that role.

She also starred in Disney's Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Song of Hiawatha (1997) .... Minnehaha

...and....

Smoke Signals (1998) .... Suzy Song

....among others...

You can see her here too...a very sweet gal...
http://www.cowboysindians.com/articles/archives/1199/bedard.html

Love,
Rainbow

posted August 08, 2004 07:37 PM         

I kinda thought that was a native "underground" pic..

I think it was written, produced and all that stuff by only Native Americans...

Cool movie...

posted August 08, 2004 10:44 PM         

(just kidding)....

Was trying to be funny and keep it light, cuz there's lotsa "heavy stuff" going on..over on some other threads...eeeeee!

posted August 08, 2004 11:57 PM         

Reminds me of a song my dad used to sing, called "True Blue Billy."

There was a line in the song that went....

"I saw Peter, Paul and Moses,
Playing ring around the roses,
and I'll whip the man that says it isn't so"

Funny how stuff like that comes back to you...I hadn't thought of that song for along time.....thanks for the memory...

Stacy.........yes....I was born in Muskegon, which is on the "west coast" of Michigan, right on Lake Michigan....lived in Grand Rapids and Zeeland for awhile, but now live further north in the Manistee area (also on Lake Michigan...oooh I love that lake). I currently live on an Indian Reservation. It's two miles from the magical lake that I love so much. We have only been a federally recognized tribe for about 10 years, having been re-affirmed at that time, so our tribal lands have been given back to us and we have also built a big beautiful casino...I live two miles from that, also...

I'm not all that familiar with the Detroit area since it is on the other side of the state, but have been there, of course..

...and I agree...there is a lot of beauty in Michigan....we have many inland lakes and streams as well as the great lakes...

posted August 09, 2004 06:59 AM         

I forgot one more person I met, kinda dumb, but did anyone ever watch ''Home Improvement''? Zachary Ty Brian who played Brad, the oldest son. I met him once. He was drunk and annoying, and trying to get all us waitresses to go home with him (one by one, not all at the same time ewwwww). We threw him out. He was acting like some big star, and just looked like an arse!!

posted August 09, 2004 07:25 AM         

Joe Montana
Tom Selleck
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
Van Halen
Kiss
Metallica
Tesla
Ozzy Osbourn
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Guns and Roses
Alice in Chains
Slayer
Great White
Godsmack
Pantera
Megadeth
Aerosmith
Def Leppard
Alice Cooper
Ice T
Deweezil Zappa
Poison
Motley Crue
Heather Locklear
Whitesnake....etc!

posted August 09, 2004 07:38 AM         

Johnny was a Pisces, and a special kind of guy...working right up 'til the end... (did you ever see his last video?)It was quite touching...*sigh*

I kinda figured that he would not be around this earth plane long...once June left...they were so close...

Yes, I'm honored to say I met him and "knew" him for a bit back then...he had some troubles along the way...(but don't we all?) *sigh*

Yes, I've watched Home Improvement (Tim Allen is from my home state, Michigan)....and know who you're talking about.....

Interesting story...about "Brad." I guess a lot of people let their fame go to their head...and often with results that aren't too good...*sigh*

Love,
Rainbow

posted August 09, 2004 08:58 PM         

*sigh*

Also I guess the most fameous person I actually "know" is Bobby Bare (and again, I'm sure no one here knows who he is either)

...but Bobby and I used to sing together in Portsmouth, Ohio, in the days before he reached his fame...(only country music fans would know who I'm talking about)...his biggest hit was something called "DETROIT CITY." He also appeared in a movie called DISTANT TRUMPET...(yeah, back in the stone age... )

posted August 10, 2004 04:18 AM         

Here's a pic of me and the singer of Duran Duran

posted August 10, 2004 01:55 PM         

(but who's to know just how "cozy" we got off camera? ) JUST KIDDING!

Love the pic, Amber...you are always so beautiful....and in the picture album I LOVED your "short hair" modeling pic too...reminded me of Twiggy....

posted August 10, 2004 02:46 PM         

Twiggy, hrmm? I was never that thin but it is a compliment. She had amazing eyes

Here's my favorite picture of me with Nick Rhodes.

posted August 10, 2004 04:37 PM         

Naughty side?

posted August 10, 2004 04:54 PM         

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.
As we kissed good-bye and parted,
I knew we'd never meet again.

Love is like a dying ember.
Where only memories remain.
Through the ages I'll remember-
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.

Such beauty in such simple words....

Just remembered another ''famous'' person. Same pub in L.A., remember the movie ''Stand by Me''? Also the series of Star Trek: the New Generation, the character of Wesley? Waited on him a few times. I can't remember his name now, but he is a stand up comedian now, and soooo nice!! Really good tipper, too!!! I had a crush on him when I saw SBM, and it was really weird to see him all grown up in person. Crush totally gone.

Blood Red Moon,
You lucky, LUCKY girl!!! No wonder you got to meet all these rock stars, you're GORGEOUS!!!