The Three Times I Met Hugh Hefner

Joe Puentes
4 min readOct 22, 2017

The First Time I Met Hugh Hefner…

I’ve met Hugh Hefner three times in my life. Now I know what you are thinking; Did this guy really meet Hugh Hefner? I understand why you might think this — I’ve told some outlandish stories in the past and most of them are true.

I’ll never forget the first time I met Hugh Hefner. I was just a ten-year-old kid rummaging through the kitchen cupboards of my childhood home — I even remember the street address 604 Southwood Drive — isn’t that crazy how we can remember things like that…

Any ways the first time I met Hugh Hefner; I wasn’t looking for him. In fact, I didn’t even know he existed — what I was looking for was a stash of chocolate chip cookies I knew my sister had hidden somewhere in the deepest corners of the kitchen cupboards. Reaching back, my hand grabbed a small leather pouch — I opened the pouch and found a tobacco pipe and some tobacco — not what I was hoping to find. Sticking my arms even further I grabbed hold of a Playboy magazine.

This was the first time I met Hugh Hefner.

The Second Time I Met Hugh Hefner…

The second time I met Hugh Hefner I was in Jr. High. I was staying the night at my friend Mike’s house — who had a really hot older sister named Nicole — yeah I…

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Joe Puentes

Soul care encompassed with faith, hope, and love. I’m an LPC and National Certified Counselor at a faith-based nonprofit counseling center.