Barbara Gay:  

Life HEY, EVERYONE. HAS IT REALLY MORE THAN 40 (GASP!!) YEARS?? AFTER GRAD FROM IHS, I WANDERED OFF TO LB STATE, THEN EL CAMINO (REVERSE ORDER!) THEN FINALLY GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE IN 1973 WITH A DEGREE IN NUTRITION-WHICH WAS NOT OF MUCH USE WITHOUT A MASTER'S DEGREE. BY THEN I WAS MARRIED, AND ENDED UP WORKING IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY (REMEMBER BULLOCK'S DEPT STORE?) IN THE MANAGEMENT/MERCHANDISING END OF THE BUSINESS. I DID WORK THAT I LOVED AND HATED AT THE SAME TIME. THE POWERS THAT BE URGED ME TO DO SOME POST GRAD WORK AND I LANDED A JOB IN THE STORE'S ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION DIVISION (DESIGN BEING MY FIRST TRUE GREAT LOVE). I ENDED UP RELOCATING TO NEW YORK CITY WITH MY SECOND HUSBAND IN 1984 AND WORKED AT BLOOMINGDALE's, SEVERAL DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE FIRMS AND ON A CONSULTING BASIS ...Expand for more