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  • I met the exotic & beautiful Clara Hines when I transferred from working customer service in Oakland to working in air freight in San Francisco for United airlines. I learned so much from her. She always made me feel that I could anything (and so could she). Meals she prepared at her apartment rivaled eating at a 5 star restaurant. She made me cook omelets for 5 days, every morning until I could make them the Julia Child way. When she discovered I had a dog sitting business, she decided to try walking her favorite dog even tho she was using a walker. She was fearless and just did incredible things and didn’t take criticism as a deterrent for doing anything she got in her mind to try. She’s responsible for my favorite mantra: there are no accidents in the universe. All my friends say that now too.

Clara, I miss you so much but, I’m certain we’ll meet again.

Clara & her 2 small children had just moved to the Bay Area from San Diego in the summer of 1975; she & I met in September 1975 in a beginning French class at CCSF. As it turned out, she got me to my 8 a.m. classes on time; she used to drive a Pinto in those days. It helped a lot!
She was an avid reader, and I remember her epic parties. She loved cooking & entertaining. Over the years, our culinary skills improved exponentially from those early days! Hope her transition onward & upward was an easy one. RIP, Clara!
Bruno Crosby
1977, San Francisco and Paris
I was very sad to see Clara go. I met her in 1977 or 1978 in San Francisco; I met Stephanie and Stephen when they were very young. Clara and I remained friends long after I left the Bay Area in 1979 and moved - definitively - to France. While Clara was working for United Airlines she decided on a whim to come and see me and my wife Sophie in Paris. I agree with Stephanie and Stephen : Clara had a lot of courage. Another time, Sophie and I stayed with Clara at her big flat in the City. We recall that she invited a bunch of people for a meal during our stay. Just a few hours before guests were due to arrive, her kitchen was completely disorganized; we asked each other how in heaven's name the meal would be ready in time. It was, of course, because Clara had the magic touch in her kitchen: the meal was fabulous. Clara had an outlook on life and a way of expressing herself that were unique. We will miss her very much.
Bruno Crosby
Sophie d'Isidoro
Paris France
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