TOP: Lumpy and Mrs. C hanging at the Broad's mountaintop chateau
(NOTE: My hair length has finally passed Kathy's)
2nd: Erika (looking fantastic not long after birthing!) and Elliot (7 months along and due soon)
3rd: Andi and Lou trying to steal yet another baby
4th: Betsy, Kathy, and Chris pretending they didn't just finish off a bottle of Jack Daniels at lunch
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We started our road trip with a drive to Philly, our last residence. In a blizzard; at 10 degrees; in January... Of course, as the gods of automobiles would have it, when we stop for the first fill up (READ: $50 to Bush), the car door molding breaks off, and from that point forward the car makes the sound of a coffin every time we open the door. Well, at least people know we're coming.
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Our first stop was a lovely dinner in Cohshohockenraldolagosmittenheimer, a cute little town along the Schuylkill River near Philly. We did thai with Mike and Laurie Toomey, Elliot and Erika Menschik, and Andi and Lou Broad. A little slice of America at it's best, 4 jews, 1 catholic, 1 atheist, and 2 muslims. at least we had Bush jokes in common!
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At dinner, Elliot and Erika's new baby was crying quite a bit, and they couldn't get her to settle down. Andi swooped her up, held her to her voluptuous bossum, and, BAM, the baby just purred for the next hour. Which, in and of itself is pretty amazing, as her own daughter (who I'll be taking as my second wife once we move to Utah) has NEVER stopped talking since the moment she was born!
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After dinner we headed over to the Broad's mountaintop chateau in Brn Mawr. A lovely place, and Lou proceeded to humiliate me at multiple games of pool over the course of the evening (Only a precursor of what is to come, wait till we do cards in FL). I blame it on the bottle of port that we drank. Glad I wasn't on his table for surgery the next morning!
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The next day I had lunch with the Cappy boys, so we could talk about hunting, fishing, and voting republican, while Kathy went with her old work crowd. When I arrived to pick her up several hours later, they were doing shots. Did I mention that she was able to quit AA after we left Philly?
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All in all, a wonderful time catching up with some great friends, and even the weather held out for our drive. Next stop: DC
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Brotherly Love Lumpy out
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