Sausalito Sourdough & Crab

One of the best dinners ever with the best lover ever.

Concussion #2

We were at Chris Greene Lake. You were wearing earth shoes, I came up behind you on my skates intent on pushing you in front of me. You slipped. Were you pregnant with Kate? Did you have on the pregnant coat?

Concussion #1

Not wanting to "upset" Jamie with the new puppy you decided to slide out the driver's side door with Sasha. I wasn't looking and I slammed the car door on your head.

Putt Putt

We used to walk (drive?) the dogs from Fountain Court up to the open land behind the Putt Putt so we could exercise them. Why didn't we take them to Penn Park?

Diamonds are NOT Forever

Was it lost in the shag carpet or the dog upstairs?

Becoming A Vegetarian

Not the only reason you became a vegetarian but this magnificent animal peeking in the window @ North Garden certainly pushed you in that direction.

Morning Ablutions

Chasing you naked through the front yard at North Garden, only to have Herman knock on the front door after we'd gone back inside. Priceless.

Fire Island

You would "suffer" through the nude karate kicking men just to indulge me on our walks east from Robert Moses.

The Big Kahuna

It was on days like this that you and Marian wrapped blankets around trash cans at Robert Moses so that Kevin and I could continue our quest for riding the Big Kahuna.

The Bridge

Exceeding the speed limit on the way to or from Robert Moses made you very upset. Of course that would have only been in the off season because in season we usually proceeded at a crawl.

The Trip

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Sometimes the lights all shining on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been.

The Door To Nowhere

The second floor apartment in the fan district of Richmond had a door exiting to the outside with no stairs. One had to be wide awake going to the bathroom less you turn the wrong handle.

The Piano Room

In the evening, after Steve Sharp and I were done playing the piano, you and I would strip the brown faux leather cushions from the couches and make our bed so we could be alone instead of the 2nd floor triple (or quad). Did you wear your Dr. Denton's?

Ciggies?, What Ciggies?

Living in the fan you managed to scratch up enough pocket change to replace the butts I threw out.

Foiled

the birthday present you almost threw away.

Econo Lodge

On the outskirts of Richmond on the Midlothian Turnpike there was a hotel with single rooms for $8/night. This was back in 1973. It was a much better alternative than sneaking me up to the 16th floor of the all girl's dorm downtown in the fan district. While giving up the high rise dorm meant not hearing Linda Frees moan as she curled her toes, going to the hotel did mean shopping for humongous cucumbers to satisfy Donna McIntosh's sexual cravings in the room next door to ours.

Fringe Benefits

You lived on the fringes of Cumberland, MD and when I showed up I had on my leather fringe vest and.... wait for it... brown and white vertical striped bell bottoms. one might say i had (and still have) an exellent sense of direction. my sense of fashion? don't go there.

Gas Rationing

After waking up in the hospital in Melville and finding out I totalled the '74 Camaro I bought a '74 Datsun b210. My first stick shift. You learned on it also. If i had a full tank I could make it all the way from Lindenhurst to Richmond without waiting in line to get gas.

Jack's

Did I ever take you to Jack's to play shuffle bowling and eat steamed clams on the half shell, washing it down with some nondescript Pennsylvania beer? I can't remember because I always drank too much when I went there.

Casting Stones

The time when Shieldsy and I came a'calling to break you and Kate out of Centenary Jail, I mean College for Women...

Houston, We Have Liftoff

me in my blue chambray work shirt. you in your birthday suit.

Key City Diner

This diner located in Phillipsburg, NJ on rt 22 was near the intersection of the road to Centenary. They had great apple turnovers.

Junk Food

Sometimes when Frenzy's or Pops or Dunkin Donuts just wouldn't cut it we'd just go grocery shopping for junk and eat it in the piano room @ 225 Reeder St.

Dunkin Donuts

Best coffee ever? Not... Didn't matter you never acquired a taste for it.

Pop's

Cream cheese and roast beef sandwiches. Obviously before moving to the middle of a cow field in North Garden

Frenzy's

It's hard to impress a young woman when you have stringy beef hanging out of your mouth from your Philly steak sandwich, but man, were they good!

Falling Up The Stairs

The third time is a charm.

The Promise

For our 36th anniversary present to each other Razzle came up with the idea of writing down our memories of our time together; the good, the bad, and the ugly. Here goes.....