: 25 Years
All of us are where we are through one series of coincidences after another. I’m not making any deep philosophical statement here, I’m just noticing the fact. The reason I bring this up is that Lisa & I just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary – and our meeting each was one of those coincidences. Here’s how it happened:
I was looking for a mate. Not a roommate mind you, a mate. So was Lisa. 25 years ago there was no internet, so one way you looked for a mate was though this archaic mechanism called the print media. You would submit your “mate request” to some magazine (you would have to pay a fee), they would print your ad in the back of their magazine, if someone liked your ad they would (gasp!) have to write a letter and send it though the US Postal Service to the magazine. The magazine would take that letter and forward it to you. Likely you had a post office box, so your prying roommate would not notice.
So I submitted my “mate request” to the New York magazine – I was living in Manhattan at the time. Lisa was vacationing with her sister, brother in law, and new nephew (that’s Susan, Tim, and Gideon) on Nantucket. Susan saw my ad and convinced Lisa to send me a letter. Now (taking a slight step back here) I had already put in several ads and had met a number of women, but nothing had yet clicked. Lisa had also met several men through the classifieds – also with no luck.
Anyway, I liked Lisa’s letter. I called her, we talked for a while, and we agreed to meet at Elephant & Castle in The Village for brunch. This was a little adventuresome for Lisa since she was living in Montclair and did not come into the city all that often. So we met and talked for a bit, and after 10 minutes or so I said to myself, “Yeah, I could marry her”.
If I recollect correctly (and Lisa will most definitely correct me if I’m wrong) that was Sept 26, 1987. We were married Feb 5, 1989. I’ve attached a pic of the happy couple who are still in love after 25 years.
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Feb 8, Saturday, 8-9:30 PM – Lunatic Fringe, Glen Ridge Community Center @ The Glen Ridge Train Station, 228 Ridgewood Avenue (corner of Bloomfield Avenue), Glen Ridge, NJ Reservations: (973) 429-1527
Yes it’s cold outside. Yes it’s gonna be a pain parking in the snow and ice. But I am not accepting these feeble excuses – you need a good laugh. If you can’t take the cold, get out of New Jersey.
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Feb 22, Saturday, 8:00PM-9:30PM – Jump, Shuffle, and Moan at Hat City, 459 Valley Street, City of Orange, NJ 07050 (862) 252-9147
We got snowed out in December, but there’s no stopping us this time (unless there’s anther blizzard in this endless winter) My buddy Rob Signorile fronts this tight blues ensemble. Hat City is clean, it has a good sound system, and it has excellent New Orleans style food.
http://www.hatcitykitchen.com