A few years ago, there was a fabulous sit-com on ABC called The Real O'Neals. About a gay teen in a catholic household. The family was cool with Kenny. Plus, they came up with some modern versions of classic gay lexicon. One of them was FruitFly which is the modern word for Fag Hag.
Sondra was my FruitFly back in the 80's. She is quite the character. She's from El Salvador. She has classic Mayan features. Of course she took French like most of us did. She and my Bestie, Clyde, were both Alamo High grads.
She had a gaggle of faggots of which I was one. We would congregate at her apartments and watch 50's sitcoms. Because of her, we had access to the best of the best. We never paid cover and some of the bartenders gave us free drinks. One of our favorites was a top shelf margarita.
We were the It Crowd. I have so many memories of this time. It was the BEST 'time of my life. We had many fabulous Fiestas. Unfortunately, our Fiestas were when Sondra, Stanley, and moi were walking along, and there was a man in front of us who got stabbed and bled all over the sidewalk. She said, that could've been us. No more Fiestas after that.
She was afraid of Brujeria. One time, she found a knife in a dead rabbit. She screamed Brujeria! She ran inside and lit candles and incense and actually prayed a rosary.
A funny story: 1984. Memorable. Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It? This was just before the song came out. She was booked into The Bonham. We were running late and the ballroom was full. She immediately started saying 'lady with a baby coming through.'
Sometime in 1987, I lost her. I always smile when I think of her. This video always reminds me of her. She's the one who renamed it the Barbacoa Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
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