Holly McLaughlin Cole

Eddie just told me I needed to update my profile !!! Laurie also said she wanted to hear how I got to Vail, CO from Hastings....well this is it in a nutshell.....After Hastings I went to Becker Jr. College in Worcester Ma...just a 2 year secretarial college....very fun and my roomate was from Provincetown on Cape Cod so she said I could live with her family for the summer and work on the Cape.....so I did...loved the cape and then after Becker moved to the Cape....worked there till l974 and in winter would do the waitress circuit that's what I did on Cape Cod...worked at the Sheraton Hyannis and Patti's Rib House in West Yarmouth and then would go to Palm Beach Florida in the winter and work at the Breakers Hotel and Mama Gilda's in West Palm....had fun made great money and then in Winter of 1974 a gal that I worked with at Patti's Rib House would work in a place called Vail, CO....never had been out West so two girlfriends and I took off in two cars and drove to Vail......tons of jobs...found place to live but very difficult and worked that winter for Vail Food Service at Gold Peak.....loved my boss and he said stay on for the summer (you'll love it)....the two girlfriends went back to the Cape I stayed and the rest is history....never left.....met my husband who is from Toronto here and eventually worked in the Marketing Department of Vail Resorts and then became an on mountain photographer for Images Unlimted for 10 years....my boss lost his contract in 91 and then I did the retail thing for years working in clothing shops....in the last 10 years I became the society photographer for the Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine and go to all kinds of events and then part time work as a greeter up at Two Elk Lodge...which is so much fun....if you see me on Facebook you'll see how much fun I am having up there....anyway this is enough....can't wait to see everybody in September !!!

Yes when I was in as we called him Bebop's Science class...(Mr. Bennett)....and I can't tell in this update but will tell you in person....it was quite the story.......

Loved Cheerleading and Publicity Club.....and working on the props on the plays....least favorite was when I didn't make the C average and got kicked off Cheerleading....that was totally devasting to me.........I did not like studying at all....not my bag as they would say!!!!