Tomorrow is an important day. My Favorite
Panamanian and our children are rolling their eyes at that last statement. My
career in the infantry taught me the absolute importance of an effective recon
before attacking an objective. Since 2013 I’ve done a birthday pub crawl in my
hometown, always accompanied by my son and assorted friends and family. What, in
all seriousness, can those last two statements be related, you might rightly
ask. Well, the birthday rolls around again (as they seem to increasingly do
with disturbing speed) in a little over a month. Every weekend after this before
that time is spoken for, so, the much-needed recon to confirm the correct
sequence of bars is required.
Tomorrow, with the dedicated assistance
of Keene Friend and Kindergarten Friend, we will follow the projected path to confirm
the pubs in question are up to the challenge. The reason for this involves the number
of people involved. While the first crawl involved only a few people, it has
grown over the years as the stalwart member of my high school class have
decided to join the festivities. It resembles a mini reunion at times, which,
of course, only adds to the fun. While I usually don’t have to buy a single
beer during the crawl, being my birthday celebration, it is still one of the
most expensive days of the year for me. That’s because my Favorite Panamanian isn’t
much for the pub crawling so she devotes her time to tax free shopping and
joins us at the end when I’m in too good a mood to object to her purchasing spree.
So. Important day tomorrow up in Keene. If any high school buddies want to join
us, I’ll be posting from each bar as we progress.
Three movies fell in the A-Z watch, all keepers:
Man Who Invented Christmas, very fun look at Dickens writing the Christmas
Carol; The Man Who Knew Too Much, Stewart and Hitchcock together again, with
Doris Day singing Que Sera; and The Man Who Would be King, arguably the best
buddy film ever made, Caine an Connery were perfect for their parts.
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RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family Athlete - my daughter in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter #3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend
– friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as
radical leftist to attract women; CRC - Connecticut Riverboat Captain – another
close friend from high school, renowned sailor of the big river; Curbside Girls – close friends of my
daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions
once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite
Panamanian - the wife (of course); FBR
- First Blog Reader - first granddaughter; First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since
high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with
after many years; Maine and Virginia
Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the
3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew – son of Great Aunt and
Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of
my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor
Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; Seis Amigos
- two couples from our condo complex and my wife and I; Soxfather – my brother-in-law (whom I miss more than I can ever
explain); Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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