Reunion at the Lizard

Yesterday evening I went to a mini-reunion of high school friends: Carolyn, Vicki, Freda, Roger, Natalie, Mike, and Raymond, of the Woodridge High School Class of 1973. We met at the old Peninsula Night Club (now the Winking Lizard). We are all turning 50 within the next year, so it was also a birthday celebration, with Ray and Freda already over the hill! I think the early birds Vicki, Rachel and I were there almost five hours. It was so great to see everyone again, it amazed me how basically the same we are--just older and infinitely wiser, with crappy middle-aged bodies! Mike looks so cool with his white beard--Rachel thinks he looks like Jerry Garcia (minus the drugs). The younger generation was represented by my Rachel and Eric, Roger and Natalie's son, who were undoubtedly grateful they didn't have to spend the entire evening just listening to the old fogies.

My old circle of girlfriends (circle of old girlfriends?) represents the four elements in astrology: Vicki (water), Carolyn (earth), Freda (air), and me (fire). Isn't that cool? Our parents must have planned it that way! Speaking of family planning, Eric was born on his dad's birthday--how did Roger and Natalie manage to pull that one off? Rachel (my designated driver) and I didn't get home 'til around midnight pre-DST EST. Thank god for the extra hour of sleep!

Today's link is to the The Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail - Cuyahoga Valley, which is maybe 50 yards from the Lizard.