1983

Exciting news from this end— Lynn Hollenbeck has volunteered to serve as our West Coast correspondent. (With new blood, perhaps we can scrape up news on some of you who haven't made it to this printed page yet!)

But first from the East Coast, thanks to Steve Hart: Steve, architect extraordinaire, is principal of Hart Associates in Belmont, Massachusetts, along with his wife Jen. (Having seen some of their work, I wholeheartedly recommend that anyone in need of a residential architect in the Boston area give them a call.) Steve and Jen are settled in Concord, Massachusetts, with their three beautiful children. Upon reading the July/August column, Steve felt compelled to supply me with some real facts about Kevin Lane.

Kevin actually does not fly an RV-6A,buthe is the Krazy Eddie of Park City, Utah. Kevins amazingly diverse professional history—first a college professor, then a management consultant in NYC and Beijing, China—has brought him to the obvious next step: working for Overstock, com, "name brands at clearance prices" (one of the few profitable consumer electronic-commerce businesses).

Steve also tells me that while stopping into the Concord Inn to wet his whistle—a rare childless moment for he and his wife—they happened upon a familiar face, Chuck Ennis. Chuck, his wife and four children live in Great Falls, Virginia. Chuck is working in operations for a company (Telepad Corp, I believe) that has him on a fiveweek stint in New England, boarding at this quaint inn.

That's it from the Boston area. Thanks, Steve. Now, here's Lynn.

Hi readers, this is Lynn. One of the most fortuitous things about living in San Francisco has been running into Leslie Pritchett (formerly Hogg) at the soccer field a few years ago. Leslie and I lived down the hall from each other in the River Cluster freshman year and I hadn't seen her again since. But she has now become a great friend and can always be counted on for a fun single-moms night out on the town. Our kids are in the same school and Leslie recently had my kids and me over for a scrumptious steak and roasted potato dinner with her and her two boys Thomas and James. Now I am so thankful that that dinner took place pre-gecko.

Here's a little slice of life from Leslie, intended as a casual e-mail to me, which I am shamelessly lifting for this column cause I think its funny:

"James desperately wanted a leopard gecko for his sixth birthday, so I got him one. She's quite cute, but her eating habits are appalling. After dropping James off for camp at 9,1 dutifully drive to Petco to buy the required live crickets, only to find that they don't have any in right now. Why don't I come back later today? We're probably going to get a shipment. Oh, and you know she really should, at all times, have live meal worms dusted with calcium powder. Oh, the guy who sold you the gecko last week didn't tell you that? He was probably just a cashier guy filling in. Oh, his name was Aftab? Yeah, he's our lizard guy. Let's see. Meal worms. (Opens fridge) Oh damn, (poking her finger in a little Tupperware container) these are all dead. Hamid!!?? Don't we have any meal worms? These are all dead! Maybe you could come back later today, we might be getting a shipment..."

A slice of life... Lynn and Jenny signing off for now. Keep your eyes to the sky, and beware of sending innocent e-mail to Lynn!

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