Cedarburg, Wisconsin Trip in May 2012

Posted on May 19, 2012 by davidt

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JoLynn and David took a trip to Wisconsin to visit with family. We saw Bernie and Loretta, who are still loving their Little house near the Big House. They have killer Tuesday morning donuts at 8:30 if you are interested.

Roger, Mari and brood were next and Alex’s graduation was a standout.

Brenda came by and visited and Roger cooked some great Bratwurst to add to the picnic provided by Loretta, Mari and Brenda.

Finally we saw the Nelsons, Ron and Barb for some local “geezer” blues music at the Newport in Milwaukee.

All in all a great trip.

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A Memorial for Marlene Inman in April 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by davidt

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Family and friends met at the Armory in Volcano, California at a memorial for Marlene Inman.

Marlene was one of the world’s wonders. She would help anyone and everyone. She could cook the most marvelous meals in a trice. Her wit was legendary. Often she would zing you and move on. Moments later you would suddenly realize that you had been caught. It was almost impossible to come back as fast with your own comment against such quick thoughts.

A variety of people remembered Marlene and all with fondness. The Armory hall was beautifully decorated and the food and drink was glorious.

The family grouped for a portrait or two and special photo boards had been created showing scenes from her long life with Chuck, her adoring husband.

We attended with Helen Puerling, who had introduced us about five years ago.

Marlene will be missed. We have lost a bright light.

Don’t forget to click on the photo for more!

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St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Nolan’s 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by davidt

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After a four year pause John and CarolAnn held the St. Patrick’s Party again to huge acclaim.

All the ingredients were there: the great people, the fabulous food and unique entertainments.

Everyone had tales to tell and at the end of the party John did his “Drink a pint of Guinness standing on his Head” trick, which is included here as a long, tall video.

We’re looking forward to 2013.

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Lunch with the Lowenthals in December 2011

Posted on January 14, 2012 by davidt

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JoLynn and David met and had lunch with the Lowenthals in late December of 2011.

JoLynn met Mark at Craftways around 1994 when they both worked on the magazine “Cross Stitch and Country Crafts”. Mark created a Mac application to allow transcription of Cross-Stitch patterns to the computer, which could then be published in the new magazine that JoLynn designed.

Mark left Craftways before JoLynn and before long married Jeanine, his childhood sweetheart. We had seen Mark and Jeanine only briefly in the intervening years.

Now for the first time we got to meet Mia and Hanna. Mia is a couple of years older and very outgoing and Hanna is much more serious and a little shy.

Don’t forget to click on the photo for more!

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Christmas Eve 2011 at Jeanni’s

Posted on January 1, 2012 by davidt

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This year we double-dated the Christmas Eve parties by going first to the Burlinghams and then to Jeanni’s.

We arrived after the meal but in time for the gift exchange, which was hilarious.

All the usual suspects were there and this year we were honored by Pat Clancy Senior and Sandy and Don Clancy and Karen.

We missed the Bur boys but maybe we will see them tonight for Christmas Eve.

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Holidays 2011 with the Burlinghams and the Lombardis

Posted on January 1, 2012 by davidt

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We were lucky this year to be invited to both of the Burlingham Holiday celebrations: Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

We had such fun! Lucy and Rue hosted both parties and their sister Blair, husband Matt and kids Kelsey and Laurel and their father Vaughn were there.

For Thanksgiving JoLynn cooked a Turkey and Matt created a vegetarian Lasagna and separate Pasta Dish. Lucy and Rue added all the homey touches and everyone gritted their teeth at my terrible puns.

At this rate next year we are going to have Roast Prime Rib with baked and roasted potatoes and lots of lovely rich gravy.

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Wildcare Holiday Party 2011

Posted on December 18, 2011 by davidt

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The Wildcare Staff Holiday Party was great fun this year. The Gift Exchange was as raucous as ever and a couple of the gifts were even something other than a Squirrel!

Karen and Todd did a great job hosting and the food and drink was purely delightful.

Maybe next year David Latour will don his tails and top hat again. That was really all that was missing. The humor was certainly in attendance.

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SL Holiday Lunch in December 2011

Posted on December 15, 2011 by davidt

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This year Nina arranged us a beautiful Holiday Lunch at the Caprice in Tiburon.

We were lucky to have a lot of the “out of towners” present so we had almost a full complement.

These are the photos that David took and, if we are lucky, Ed Koo will share a lot more that he took in another album.

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Halloween at SL in 2011

Posted on December 15, 2011 by davidt

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This year Mary organized a very special Halloween contest for the staff at SL Corp.

As you can see from the pictures there were some extremely creative costumes. My personal favorite was Darth Conner with Musical Mehran as a close runner up.

The “official” prize winners were Rodney the vampire, Elvis Burla and Mark the monkey.

The contributed pictures from the “out-of-towners” are at the end.

Well done everyone.

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Two outings with Mitchell and Helen in 2011

Posted on December 15, 2011 by davidt

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David and JoLynn had two fun outings with Mitchell and Helen this year. On both occasions we ate first at the Fremont Diner, http://thefremontdiner.com/, just south of the town of Sonoma.
On the first day in August after lunch we proceeded to the square in Sonoma and took a walk which included the old Mission.

On the send day we drove to old town Napa and had a walk that ended up at the Oxbow Public Market.

On each occasion we had a great time. David and Mitchell met 25 years ago at Schlage Lock in San Francisco.

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