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Mom and I spent the better part of last weekend (3/3 and 3/4) visiting with Aaron, Denise, and of course my superstar nephew Adam. We didn’t get going until about 2:30 pm on Saturday afternoon, but we arrived in plenty of time to get some quality Adam exposure. We all went out to eat at Las Margaritas, a Mexican restaurant (obviously) where Adam slept through most of dinner. After we returned back to the house, we all marveled at Adam as he was fed his traditional nightly rice dinner and was bathed. Read the rest of this entry »

Following our wonderful tour of the Disney Studios, it was now time to head over to NBC for the taping of The Tonight Show. Since Jimmy and I were required to wear jackets at The Magic Castle later that night, we foolishly decided to go ahead and wear the jackets to The Tonight Show. This was in hopes of getting better seats. Bob’s friend Michael had arranged for our tickets to be waiting, but the seats are not assigned until you enter the studio. Read the rest of this entry »

As I mentioned, I was attempting to collect the autographs of the stars of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World during the Summer of 1985, so the next logical person to write to on August 13 (the day after I wrote to Hank Aaron, Jim Backus, Dom DeLuise, and Milton Berle) was Buddy Hackett. He played the character of Benjy Benjamin, who was described in the film as the gut with the “marbles in his mouth.” I always remembered that. Read the rest of this entry »

It was with bittersweet sadness that we attended the traditional farewell brunch at the 15th International Sons of the Desert convention held in Augusta, Georga on Sunday, July 16, 2006 – as it also is bittersweet making this last posting of the trip that began here nearly six months ago! It’s always a bit emotional saying goodbye to our friends for another two years. Of course, most of my best friends are folks I would see within a year during my February 2007 California trip. Read the rest of this entry »

The answer of course: our Myrtle Beach trip from the Summer of 2006, and the activities of Wednesday, August 2 and Thursday, August 3. 

After the brain-smashing evening at the Pavilion and Haunted House, we were ready to kick back the next morning with some relaxing swimming time. This was only interrupted by the cornhole tournament where Ashleigh finally secured her victory – and thus her trophy. You can read more about that here… Read the rest of this entry »