Fat Tuesday, 1977. Seattle's first one! My roommate and I wandered around in a happy, slightly-tipsy daze, not looking for anything in particular, yet somehow finding plenty of everything.

This story is a bit long but I hope you find it worth the read. There’s a twisty ending and shocking photos, oh my!

In 1973, I took a job making credit cards for Pay’nSave in downtown Seattle.

It's the Summer of 1978. I'm at the edge of Lake Washington along with hundreds of other revelers. It's Seafair.