♥ Ongoing Days 2009 ♥ Note on soap magazine publication dates and content of articles/interviews regarding multiple soap stars: Many of the monthly or every other month (and sometimes quarterly) magazines back in the 1980's would be on the newsstands a long time before the date on the actual magazine. We've noticed, for instance, that DAYTIME TV magazine did an interview with Drake in late 1986 about his upcoming wedding, which was scheduled for December 1986, yet the interview didn't appear until the July 1987 issue several months later. Therefore, it might be a bit confusing to read about his "upcoming" wedding in an interview dated July 1987 when you happen to know he was married in December 1986. We've tried to date the articles to match the date on the magazine, regardless of when the events talked about took place. Hopefully it will make sense as you go along! We've also edited some of the articles/interviews to just include John's storyline, since this is a Drake/John website. We've left out comments and sections about other actors or storylines unless they're involved with John's storyline. This too should be very apparent and clear when we've done that so it makes sense and you don't have to skim through a long article to find the "John parts." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Braun Teaser (Please Note: This quote below was featured in an interview with Tamara Braun who used to portray Ava on DAYS OF OUR LIVES. The interview was titled "Braun Teaser" but what follows was actually found in a side-bar titled "Just The Facts.") Just The Facts: On getting to lock lips with Maurice Benard (Sonny, GENERAL HOSPITAL, Drake Hogestyn (Ex-John, DAYS), and Thorsten Kaye (Zach, ALL MY CHILDREN): "Variety is the spice of life! I'm a woman who gets around, I guess. I'm a little tart (laughs)!" Mara Levinsky, SOAP OPERA DIGEST, 2/24/09