Sunday Dinner at Anne's

One of the night's highlights was seeing Vanda turn into a "green-eyed monster" (Julie's apt diction) upon the mention of one of Tom's old flames - some voluptuous minx named Helen.

Who brought up this subject?

Of course UJ, the potstirrer incarnate.

Vanda retold a story of how Helen, years back, seeing Tom a bit on the non-thin side, commented to Vanda (or was she Wanda then?),

"...you must be a good cook."

For some inexplicable reason Vanda took serious umbrage at that remark. She wasn't offended by someone calling her faithful husband "chunky". She was miffed by the compliment to her cooking.



DrMark celebrated his fortieth birthday. Instead of complaining about the urban clientele of his old ER, now he whines incessantly about Brookline aristocrats who demand plastic surgery for two stitch lacerations.

Can you believe he recently screamed at one such woman,

"Plastic surgery!!!! You are nuts. You are 74 years old and your peers are all blind."



Hey TimL. Notice the unregulated parmesan cheese?



And the host-provided beer?




Thanks Anne and Wayne. That was some good spaghetti and meatballs. Even my hard-to-please Italian wife was impressed.

Easter at Tom and Vanda's

Another example of the superior gene pool. Does Maureen ever take an awful picture?

Katie and Garrett's New Puppy

Note this is their second dog.

When are the kids coming?

DrMark Running the Marathon

Can y'all believe he is outpacing those fat women? Are they even running?



Congrats on finishing the race (15,000th place?). I would have gone to cheer you on but I am against almost every aspect of it: Boston, running, and charity.

Happy Easter/Passover

We took Little John to Philly this weekend. We stayed at Maureen and Tom's gorgeous new house on Wednesday.

Things we learned:

1) Colin and Brendan have a sh*tload of toys - probably why they needed a bigger house.

2) Maureen has a special relationship with their warranty guy.

3) The boys can sleep through John's screaming (I wish we could)



We met up with Katie and Garrett in Philly and had a blast.

Things we learned:

1) Katie is not pregnant.

2) They got a new puppy. (Perhaps they'll send a pic)

3) Garrett is trying to open his own car wash.

Did y'all get that email from DrMark?

I can't believe he wanted donations for his charity run in today's marathon. If he needs money I suggest he skips one of his monthly European vacations.

Lastly, did y'all see those fancy wedding invites from Joe and Kelly?

I'll bet that Joe helped pick them out. Right down to the font style and whatnot.

Jenn

Jenn recently went to a great Chinese restaurant but it is kind of hard to get to.

The Other Side of the DC Trip

Here's the promised follow-up to UJ Goes to Washington DC

According to UJ....

TimL only provided 2 beers for him to drink. And UJ had to ASK for the second one.

Tim would not let his father have second helpings of pasta at his place. Tim put the leftovers in two neat little bowls and set them aside for his lunch during the week. Instead he offered him a "small salad".

Without question Tim can be insufferable, but having to spend a weekend at his place sober AND hungry? That is rough.

So after a mere 30+ years of selfless parenting, braces, family vacations, mortgages for his education and whatnot UJ is still on a BYOB and BWOF standing at his son's place.

Dad, you might want to remove Tim as your medical power of attorney. (Just a thought).

But fear not, this weekend did see some progress.

During the last visit to Tim's place, UJ was not allowed to self-serve the parmesan cheese. Tim violently insisted on regulating the cheese. But this weekend, Tim broke down and left the cheese on the table for unbridled personal distribution.

Hopefully here is Mel

AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?

Wayne and I took a long weekend to visit David and Sheila. We saw an awesome game between the Heat and Ohio Cav's, the Heat came back from a 15 point deficit and won. Wayne enjoyed the car that David is working on. Sheila has many strays thet she cares for and one that comes in the house but never, never is allowed on the bed. I mentioned breakfast with Lizzie, here is a picture of Mel grandparenting.

Send me pictures and I'll post them.

JOE & KELLY'S WEDDING on JUNE 10th

The invites will not be out for a few weeks so here is some helpful info. The wedding is at St. Margaret's Church at 1pm, in Madison, Ct. The reception at Pine Orchard Yatch and Country Club in Branford, Ct. at 4pm.

I did a quick check of the prices at the three hotels, these are approx. Holiday Inn Express, about 105.00 Stoney Creek Inn & Suites, 95.00 and Motel 6, 62.00.

The reception is for adults. This cheap adult will probably be staying at Motel 6. The above photo was taken a few weeks ago when we got together, very last minute, with Lizzie and the perfect baby, Julie, Mel, Helena & me.

UJ Goes to Washington DC

Dan,

Dad really didn't give us much blog material this weekend. Maybe it was the dress code--you know what they say about dress codes and the behavior of school children.

Sunday we drove to Mt. Vernon along the George Washington Parkway in the Jeep with the top down...there was zero backseat driving--maybe Mom & Dad were too terrified to speak.

Day 2 - Dad on espresso
I bought some small cherry turnovers for coffee...The turnovers were rather small and I think this was what Dad was talking about when he called them "demitasses" which are something espresso is served in...

Day 2 - Dad speaking his own language
Dad, "Tim give your Mom some 'Vateur'..." "Dad, what the heck does that word mean," I asked. "I don't know Tim, I just made it up," Dad replied.

Day 3 - Dad emerges from the shower
Dad parades around the apartment in his briefs..."Dad, get in the bedroom put on something less revealing, preferably a burkha." I said.



(notice the different, hypocritical standards of dress.)



Tim, at least UJ took a shower!!!

Hundreds of people have already asked how Tim reconciles an open top car with his $65 dollar haircut and fastidious daily primping.