Category: Friends
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Brett weds
The handshake at the altar I met Brett over 9 years ago while on our first jobs in Columbus, Ohio. An English bloke with good looks and a tolerance for beer. We found ourselves commiserating over our careers with staggering ease. I left the job a few years into it and headed back to Cincinnati…
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Dinner Club: Slims (The First)
The second course, or was it the third… Twelve friends gathered at Slims for the first of what we hope is a successful run of meeting up at area restaurants to play catch up and enjoy food without the pressure of hosting, cooking or cleaning. I don’t often marvel at the composition of the folks…
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Perfect day for a party
Flowers were even in attendance The party filled weekend continued. I spent Sunday at my friends house to celebrate the birthday of their daughter – her first. It was a good mix of family, friends and playbuddies. Everyone eating cupcakes, gumbo, and enjoying the warm day. As birthdays go, you’re allowed a handful of all-out…
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Coulrophobia
Coulrophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of clowns Saturday, March 27th — So I made it over to Don Pablos for a pre-birthday bash dinner with friends. I hadn’t eaten at this chain mexican restaurant in years. Now I remember why. The food is forgettable and the portions are too large. I’ll say…
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Gobblety Gook
I scared ’em I spent the night at Heather’s and hung out the prior evening with her, Larry and Gretch. Lots of catching up to do. I couldn’t hold a candle to the nightowls though, and petered out before midnight. Sleeping soundly and waking up to a quiet mess of cans and the tv left…
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Blarney
Basement rehearsal So you know how you have one of those nights where you are just havin’ one helluva time, eating and drinking and listening to loud music and laughing a lot – and you just wish you had a little notepad to write down all the far-out ideas that get slung around? I had…
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A reunion of sorts
Todd, Ann and me While at Ohio State, I’d steal away to the movies with my roommate Todd and his theater com-padre Ann. We forged a creative friendship, making up ideas for movies or crafting schemes to become rich with artistic endeavors. Conversation was easy with these folks, and ten years without much contact at…
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Cupcake
Thanks k8
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The clean plate club
And the wine was delicious After a full day of work, it was off to the outskirts of town for dinner at GW and Gabi’s. Brad charged up the battery on his truck and it got us up the snowy drive as neighborhood dogs, dumb as bricks, brought up the rear. I hadn’t seen these…
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Heading West
You can sort of make out the Arch here I travel to St. Louis to save fare on a trip to Wyoming, with hopes to return for the weekend and check out the Mardi Gras. Chad, Jim and Kevin welcome me with the soothing sounds of Final Fantasy on the GameCube, highspeed wireless net, and…