Colleen Racine-Bryan:  

Okay I was a partier and have some great stories from High School, just most of them took place while ESCAPING the East Bentwood "Penitentiary" School Yard, as I called it then. <chuckling>Most of them involve recreational substances and beer, wine or liquor...and good rock and roll. I still am a social animal and go to concerts a lot. Except this time around, I get to go backstage and shoot photo's with permission. <Last summer, I shot Alice in Chains, Incubus, Pink Floyd members at various genre's, Velvet Revolver just to name a few> And I have got to meet people like, Paul Newman<before a race in St Petersburg>, Pat Schroeder <Sen>, Matthew Lesko, Slash, The Harlem Globetrotters <twice in twenty years>, Evel Knevel, MANY baseball and football players, Mark Summers from the Food Network again, just to name a few. I still enjoy Rock N Roll, but prefer three types of Music, Alternative Rock, Head Banger <I am a HUGE Rob Zombie fan> and Classical music and Opera, NO COUNTRY MUSIC, no oldies unless my husband makes me listen to it...he is a classical rock fan with a passion for Jimmy Buffet, Robert Palmer and bands like Little River Band, the last one I can tolerate....LOL <blecht> I started out as a little bartender at the Beltline Bar in the late 70's and early 80's got married to a Mr. Van Solkema....moved to St Petersburg, divorced a Mr Van Solkema, <I thought there was a rule that you couldn't leave MICH. without taking at least ONE Hollander with you...>finished my BA in business, in Mich before I left...and I have worked as: A teacher, A Director of Catering or Director of Sales and Marketing with a few different Hotels and Resorts, also I worked as a Food and Beverage Director for a few years for a cruise ship line <5 ships total at one time>, I am a fine dining expert and am always sharpening my knives to cook for some holiday or affair. I still like preparing menus that will WOW the masses. I own my own Company now as a major Event Planner called Dreem Teem Extraordinary Events, my website is still under construction, but should be ready soon. I have two kids from <the X>Mr Van Solkema and he is now re-married down here in FL. Zach my oldest son is 23 and is in the NAVY and married, looking to start a family when he returns from overseas this summer and a beautiful daughter Chelsea, who will be 21 this May and studying to get her degree in the next couple years. I am extremely proud of them both as I have never had any challenges with drugs, alcohol or police with any kind with any of them and I have the support of a GREAT new husband to attribute this to. Speaking of the new...Mr. Colleen, I then re-married Mr Terry Bryan, whom I ADORE, and we have a ten yr old son together, he is a delight and now my nest will never be empty, Turner is a funny quick witted 10 yr old who LOVES to cook and travel with me when he can. I have had a pretty great career and life has been good to me. I am not rich yet<damn it> but I am rich with experiences and family. Because I live completely surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico and and Tampa Bay, I am a boat owner who LOVES to fish, anyone want to fish? I can take you for the complete tour via boat....it's like living in paradise down here. However a good hurricane in my area could make us look even worse than New Orleans, because I am...Expand for more