Can't believe I've been back in Chicago 13 years this weekend already. What a blip on the radar were my days, in Champaign, Milwaukee, Seattle, and San Francisco - These photos were from my welcome back party at "Grandma", "Grandpa", and Sharry's house (roughly Jan. 31st , 1995). In the first picture I was asked to stand under the sign, and then Grandpa asked me to turn around - he followed with "I'm glad to see your back!" I'm glad I came back too! ;-) - Amy
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Yep. Sounds like my dad!
I am wearing the greatest sweatshirt I ever had in that picture. I'm getting all choked up just thinking about it! I think it's still up in the attic, I couldn't part with it when it started getting little wear-through holes. It was from an Indian Survival school in Minneapolis, where a then-friend of mine was a teacher -- Heart of the Earth. Among the many places I wore it was to an R.E.M. concert Amy and I went to a few months after this picture was taken. And then another R.E.M. concert in '99, which I went to with Stephanie, which I decided would be the last rock concert of my life. I just felt too old to stand for two solid hours screaming, "Woooooooooooooo!!!" Of course, now I'll be going to see Davy Jones with Lisa ... but I have a feeling that after an initial ovation, it'll be a sit-down affair. At least we have aisle seats so we can keep our walkers out there.
Tell Davey HI for me. Loved going to the Monkees reunion tour with you as well!
Amers
Confession -- it was a great Monkees concert (even if no Nesmith), and I remember them, but I have better memories of their opening act that night: The one, the only Weird Al Yankovic. Funniest thing I ever saw. Who could forget the giant potatoes mocking the robotic models from the music video in, "Addicted To Spuds"?
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