Well after a whirlwind summer of exploring Europe, Marrying off son number two and the usual raising hell, drinking beer and building beeramyds. Time to get back down to the Lehigh Valley and become my usual mature self.
First order of business was to spend time at Steve and Wendy’s house where she created her usual fabulous meals. (Steve …well you all know that he was given the nickname “Insane” for a reason). Slept on my normal couch – with the cat on my feet? Cats – I like them and for some reason they seem to think I am OK.
Then down to Reggae on the River at the Tri Boro with Captain Saturn controlling the tunes. The usual suspects turned up and George Reenock told us of his wild escapades before, during and after his time in the Air Force. For those of you who don’t know George – he is what a Konkrete Kid is.
As expected quite a few beers were had.
Followed up that wild afternoon with the annual Motorcycle raffle at the Hungarian Hall. I was convinced I would win this year. Ahh…not so fast. But it was a hell of a time.
First of all Andy does a fantastic job of getting things moving – Then Jeff and the rest of the crew keep it moving. One small glitch early on forced me into service spinning the money wheel for an hour or so. I must say I thought I did a fantastic job of bringing in the $$ for the club. (Well maybe they were being nice to me – but I did my best.)
Crowd was awesome saw many many old friends. Doug and Sue….there son Derek (all 7-0 of him). JoAnn, Patti and Leigh, Patti’s sister Lisa, Tom Catcher his son Kyle and wife Kathleen, Money Wolfer, Daniel – trying to behave himself. Had a hell of a conversation with one of the all time great athletes from Northampton – Billy Paulkovitz. That man could play ball!
Have to say the security was a little lax – although Marty did his best to pick up the slack Captain Saturn created. Lonnie may be the most amazing person I have ever seen behind a bar. She is just so smooth…I tried to help her. Could not keep up and basically was just best for me to get out of her way to the money wheel.
What a blast! This is one great organization – you can’t beet the Hungarian Hall in Northampton
So far have made my Pizza stops at Mario’s and Frattelli’s – made it to Yoccos and Carvel.
Football starting up on Thursday as the lads report to Moravian. Really looking forward to getting going again.
I have to say…don’t know if this is any better than putting it on Facebook…but, it is a lot easier typing.
Hah! What a life!