Hollis 'Bill' Kline

Profile Updated: July 24, 2012
Class of 1963
Currently residing In San Rafael, CA USA
Spouse/Partner Lori Kline
Children, Grandchildren Nysa Kline daughter
Paige Flaming granddaughter
Occupation Title Retired
Military Service US Army  
Occupation(s), Career Details

Currently Retired.
Previous careers:

Financial Planner 20 yrs
Bartender - chef - waiter - restaurant manager 15 yrs
Retail Store Manager 5 yrs

Different places I have lived

San Francisco 20 yrs
Marin County 20 yrs (currently here)
Currently winter in South Beach Miami
where we keep another apartment.

Family history living in South Pasadena

Went to Marengo Elementary
SP Jr HS
SP HS graduated in 1963

Family members who also went to SPHS

Sister Jeanne Kline who died 3 yrs ago.
Graduated in about 1960

Other SPHS graduates I keep in touch with are:

Andy Van Horn

School Memories

Hot Rods
Lucky Strikes
Cruising Bobs
Football Blisters
Dirt Bikes
Working after school as a shipping clerk
Foster Freeze
Taco Tubes
Moon eyes
Drive in Movies

Organizations, clubs, sports, other groups I've been in at school &/or since

Toastmasters
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce
California Society of Enrolled Agents
Harley Owners Group
12 Steps

Milestones & Epiphanies

11 yr cancer survivor.....
taught meditation at the Berkeley Psychic Inst in the 1970's
did masters program in east/west Psychology at the Inst for Asian studies in SF in mid 70's
current wife Lori and I have been married 25 years.
sobor for 24 years as well.

Pastimes & Hobbies

Love to ride my Harley through the wine country....colorado, az, oregon, nevada etc....Alices Restaurant on hwy 35 last Sunday....
Lunch with friends, shop online, read mysteries, watch great shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad and the Killing.....designing and having built another custom bike......spending time with my daughter.....walking the dog.....continuing to stave off the advanced prostate cancers spread......
Luckiest Man Alive

Favorite Music, Songs, Bands

Blues and jazz
Enjoy Yoshis......seeing Michael Franks and Leon Russel there and Bonnie Raitt at the Greek Theater in Berkeley....
Rancho Nicassio Sunday BBQ's on the lawn with great bands ....a very Marin experience. Lot's of great comedy here at 142 Throckmorton.....Dana Carvey, Robbin Williams are locals here and drop in occasionally.....

Favorite Books, Magazines, Movies, TV, Websites, YouTubes, etc,

Enjoy Mitch Rapp books lately....usually I find an author and just buy all their books on Amazon......kind of read in spurts....usually being in South Beach clears my head more and i like reading.....people like Edna Buchanan

[Date] What's happening in my life now

Just retired....still in treatment for advanced prostate cancer.....
Wake up feeling lucky every day ....
Luckiest Man Alive
Love to tour the country on my Harley Davidson.....did lots of travelling around the world when I was younger so enjoying seeing America now.
A new dog owner of a 9 pound maltese Jack......what a chick magnet he is....
Keep in touch with friends all over the world on facebook.
Dad just died at 95 so am just cleaning up his stuff and distributing it to my two brothers and the three granddaughters.
Have lunch every Tuesday with my 42 yr old daughter.....how sweet is that.....
Lots of fabulous memories of San Francisco in the 60's and 70's where rock and roll was king and life was exciting and cutting edge and we all loved acid and mushrooms that showed you the way to spiritual awareness that's lasted a lifetime......and all the great music and I got to play in some great clubs in SF during that time.....It was just the greatest place to be in the whole world at that time.....maybe still is.....anyway I find that creativity and diversity and acceptance in Miami's South Beach now and love being a bi-coastal person......I have been blessed .....very very blessed....

One last comment...

I am the Luckiest Man Alive
Actually on the saddlebag of my harley
it says right there "Lucky F......"

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