57 T-Bird

"It's just a bunch of machines now telling us what to do."
-Frank Langella as Louis Zabel
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", 2010 Film

Twenty-five years ago today

April 12, 1986
Saturday

I casually mentioned to Mark Landreth about my friends ‘Karen and Amy’. I promised I’d call Mark at his telephone number (276-4641) if we were to go out on this very Saturday night.

I telephoned Amy in the morning and she invited me for a walk to the Lafayette Reservoir.
“Sure, I’d love to do that,” I answered.

Before I drove to Lafayette I stopped by my mom’s house. I accompanied mom to Mervyn’s and La Petite Boulangerie. I ended up buying Karen a little Birthday gift. I got one for little Joey Armijo, too.

It wasn’t long until I was walking side by side with Amy along the Lafayette Reservoir. It was beautiful there. We went to Salima’s baby shower for a little while. Amy was nice enough to accompany me. We stopped over at Karen’s apartment in Walnut Creek. Karen and Ed were departing for San Francisco. And so, Amy and I ended up having Chinese Food together.

Amy allowed me to ‘shower and shine’ at her place after dinner. I telephoned Mark Landreth.
I asked, “Hey, what are you doing?”
Mark said, “I’m waiting for Renee to show up so I can go help him buy his windsurfer equipment.”
“Well, why don’t you just come over later?”
There was silence.
“It’ll be fun,” I added.
He’s much too nice to say no.
Mark replied, “Okay.”

We went to Bobby McGee’s and it was fun. I saw a number of people from my gym including Randy, Mike, Ann Alberti (the aerobics instructor), and a few others that I don’t know very well.  Mark never made it.

Karen and Ed walked in at about 11:30PM and we all danced. I was feeling wasted when Ed suddenly bought me a ’57 T-Bird’ cocktail (pineapple juice, rum, amaretto and who knows what else?). What a night! After the dancing and drinking we all went to the San Leandro Marina for breakfast on Ed’s boat! Unfortunately, it was a horrible breakfast. It was still quite an experience though. We had a good time. It was fun. Amy spent the night at my pad—but it was 4:30AM that we were going to bed. We needed to sleep, so we did.

"How different people are.  Some people ski solo to the North Pole while some have to summon all their courage to cross a restaurant floor.
THAT must be what's meant by breaking boundaries."
-Elling, November 2, 2010
a Broadway Play based on the 2001 Norwegian film