Rick LaCroix
also written Rick in the book
Biography
Lived with the narrator in Chicago and San Francisco. Stayed behind for the movers and arrived a day after the narrator. Loved travel and fine arts. Rick’s unnamed father lent the narrator and an unspecified other person or people two thousand dollars for the down payment on 248 Day Street. Lived with the narrator for about sixteen years before they went their own ways. Accompanied him on the Caribbean cruise when he met Larry.
Timeline
My twenty-first birthday in 1957
Moving in with Rick
Bernard moved into Rick’s small apartment after meeting him at Kitty Sheon’s.
Bernie's ChapterNew Year’s Day, 1960; heading says SAN FRANCISCO 1961
A snowy New Year’s arrival in San Francisco
Bernard arrived alone on one of the first jet-propelled passenger planes after a farewell party in Chicago. He says it snowed for the first time in one hundred years. Rick arrived a day later after staying for the movers. Bernard says they had lived together in Chicago for five years, despite also dating their move together to 1957.
Bernie's Chapter1988
Meeting Larry on a Caribbean cruise
Bernard met Larry while on a cruise with Rick. Larry lived in Miami at the time.
Bernie's ChapterAfter 257 Hampton Court; for a couple of years
A shared home on Surf Street
They lived here before moving to San Francisco.
Bernie's ChapterAfter arriving in San Francisco
A new apartment with a bay view
Rick found a new apartment near the Castro with a view of San Francisco Bay. Bernard mentions a huge raise in pay.
Bernie's ChapterAfter living together for about sixteen years
Bernard and Rick go their own ways
Decided to go their own ways after about sixteen years living together.
Bernie's Chapter
Stories mentioning Rick
- A New Home and a Life of Art with RickBernard recalls meeting Rick at Kitty Sheon’s in Chicago, moving into his apartment, and later sharing a home on Surf Street. Following a farewell party, Bernard flew alone to San Francisco on New Year’s Day, stated as 1960 under a 1961 heading, and was astonished by snow. Rick followed a day later and found a new apartment with a bay view. Bernard bought a white 1961 Volkswagen convertible and received an alarming hill-driving lesson. Their shared enjoyment of travel, theatre, and fine arts enriched Bernard’s advertising work.
- A Love of Architecture, One House at a TimeBernard describes architecture as his greatest love and recounts buying, remodeling, decorating, and selling homes at increasing prices. A loan from Rick’s father helped with the first down payment at 248 Day Street. Successive homes included 333 Laurel Street, a house in Sausalito, and 373 Cumberland Street, where he still lives at the time of telling. The profits brought investments and a sense of financial independence, while the houses themselves deepened his enjoyment of architecture.
- Remembering Life and Travels with LarryAfter recalling about sixteen years living with Rick, Bernard describes meeting Larry Savitz on a Caribbean cruise with Rick in 1988. Larry brought singing, friendships, sign language, dancing, parties, and cruises into Bernard’s life. Especially treasured were visits to Larry’s Uncle Irv’s beach-view condo in Aculpolco. Bernard also states that Larry returned to Philadelphia in 1982, contradicting the meeting date. Larry died there of AIDS in 1993, and Bernard remembers him with affection.
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