Weekend Report
Friday was a 9-to-5'er as normal. The morning lecture was Dr. Mel Levine, professor of pediatrics at U of NC Medical School. His book, A Mind at a Time was one of our CLSC books a couple years ago. Unfortunately CLSC did not have the foresight to order any for his lecture, though his lecture was unrelated to us. Many people came by after the lecture to enquire about it. We were forced to direct them to the Bookstore where they sold hundreds to scholarly autograph hounds.
Afterwards I went to Eileen's house on Cookman for dinner with her, Donna and Martha. At 8:30 Donna, Eileen and I went to the Amp to see ABBA: The Music. This is a group of Swedish ABBA look-and-sing-alikes. We sat in the choir loft and saw everything from the behind-the-scenes view. Two lead singers, three guitarists, two violinists, one cellist, one percussionist, one drummer, two keyboardists and a bass. Two members of ABBA's original band performed a couple numbers with them as well.
Donna and I left before the third half in typical Hampton/Chautauquan style, but we got the gist.
I drove to the Idziks' to visit with the whole family, the kids being in from out of town for the Clam Bake at the Sportsman's Club. In typical Idzik fashion, they were eating a lengthy dinner at 10:30. I did not intend to eat, but Andy's steak tacos were too good to pass up...all three of them and the corn was fresh...both large ears.
Saturday Mark and I were up early and headed out to the Sportsman's Club to help set up for the annual Clam Bake. Some heavy lifting was involved for short duration and less laborious task were completed quickly with the 40 or so men who eventually showed up. The keg was tapped at 9:20 and quality testing began in earnest by 9:30. Then came the pink ladies which I can't say I wasn't warned about. In the early afternoon I had to nap.
Amy was my date for the Clam Bake
and that brought endless enjoyment as we confused friends we hadn't seen in a while. We were tempted to make up stories about how we were dating until Polly dumped that new boyfriend of hers and moved back to Buffalo. Instead we were more modest and told the truth.
Waking up this morning was difficult and coffee fueled. I went back to the SC to help clean up and arrived before anyone else. I helped lift a few heavy tables and then was released to bring an extra car back to the Hamptons' from the club. I speculated it would be safer to NOT return to the roads until all the Sportsmen returned, still affected from the night before, to clean up.
I worked from 11:30 until 3:30 and sold a ton of books. There were several big orders and a rush of people prior to the Washington (PA) High School Steel Drum Band performance.
Traveling to Buffalo tonight to pick up a futon and get the house ready for my parents' visit in two weeks.
Friday was a 9-to-5'er as normal. The morning lecture was Dr. Mel Levine, professor of pediatrics at U of NC Medical School. His book, A Mind at a Time was one of our CLSC books a couple years ago. Unfortunately CLSC did not have the foresight to order any for his lecture, though his lecture was unrelated to us. Many people came by after the lecture to enquire about it. We were forced to direct them to the Bookstore where they sold hundreds to scholarly autograph hounds.
Afterwards I went to Eileen's house on Cookman for dinner with her, Donna and Martha. At 8:30 Donna, Eileen and I went to the Amp to see ABBA: The Music. This is a group of Swedish ABBA look-and-sing-alikes. We sat in the choir loft and saw everything from the behind-the-scenes view. Two lead singers, three guitarists, two violinists, one cellist, one percussionist, one drummer, two keyboardists and a bass. Two members of ABBA's original band performed a couple numbers with them as well.
Donna and I left before the third half in typical Hampton/Chautauquan style, but we got the gist.
I drove to the Idziks' to visit with the whole family, the kids being in from out of town for the Clam Bake at the Sportsman's Club. In typical Idzik fashion, they were eating a lengthy dinner at 10:30. I did not intend to eat, but Andy's steak tacos were too good to pass up...all three of them and the corn was fresh...both large ears.
Saturday Mark and I were up early and headed out to the Sportsman's Club to help set up for the annual Clam Bake. Some heavy lifting was involved for short duration and less laborious task were completed quickly with the 40 or so men who eventually showed up. The keg was tapped at 9:20 and quality testing began in earnest by 9:30. Then came the pink ladies which I can't say I wasn't warned about. In the early afternoon I had to nap.
Amy was my date for the Clam Bake
and that brought endless enjoyment as we confused friends we hadn't seen in a while. We were tempted to make up stories about how we were dating until Polly dumped that new boyfriend of hers and moved back to Buffalo. Instead we were more modest and told the truth.Waking up this morning was difficult and coffee fueled. I went back to the SC to help clean up and arrived before anyone else. I helped lift a few heavy tables and then was released to bring an extra car back to the Hamptons' from the club. I speculated it would be safer to NOT return to the roads until all the Sportsmen returned, still affected from the night before, to clean up.
I worked from 11:30 until 3:30 and sold a ton of books. There were several big orders and a rush of people prior to the Washington (PA) High School Steel Drum Band performance.
Traveling to Buffalo tonight to pick up a futon and get the house ready for my parents' visit in two weeks.
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