They've been girlfriends for about 80 years now, ever since elementary school in Boyle Heights
When you've known each other nearly 80 years, you can't be expected to recall every detail.
But who can forget Arlene Dunaetz's curls back in Boyle Heights, in third grade?
"Each one was pulled tight like a corkscrew," says Helen Bialeck.
"I envied those curls," says Joyce Sindel.
"They were dark and she had so many of them," pipes in Charlotte Gussin-Root.
Dunaetz smiles and stresses all the combing involved.
They're half a dozen old friends. They meet once a month to reminisce and catch up. This time, they are eating Italian, for Jackie Waterman's birthday.
But an hour after they arrive at Maggiano's in Woodland Hills, they still haven't gotten around to ordering, even
