Well, it was a typical lunch; a great time, great stories and of course, Bird Calls !
Communication and logistics are always a laugh.
At
about 1:10, our organizer sent an email to several folks who had not
yet made it to our table in the back room at Tufanos. Of the 5 emails, 3
replies came that the could not make it. There were two others that we
knew were coming for sure and we all wondered where the heck they were.
The restaurant was really not crowded and we told the waitress that we
were waiting for a couple more and to please direct any folks who were
looking for us to our table. No one at the table had the energy or sense
to get up and walk to the bar area and look around.
Well
around 1:30, one of our two missing Monarchs showed more energy than
the rest of us and came walking into our room to our great joy. It seems
the hostess did not quite understand the words "Mendel Guys" when Mike
asked. So Mike D and John U had a great 40 minutes or so in the bar area
and we had to retell half of the stories we had already shared.
