120211 Murph’s

Guests:

Mike Lodato

Jeremy Tuke

Jeanne Travers and Dan

Janet Marzec Graves

Sherri Cohn Licata

Sharon Keating Heiligman

Beth Gaylord Borelli

Sue Cancilla Witkowski

Patsy McBride

Lauri Brayer Nicoles

Steve Olesiuk

Mark Wasserman and Wendy Cortese

Alla FeldmanLevi

Gary Jones

Ray Lecesse

Stu Chait

My apologies if I missed anyone! And I’m sorry this is so late, but Beth, “The Boss” seems to have given up on prodding me for timeliness (notice how I didn’t take the blame myself….maybe I’ve been following politics too much!).

The holiday season is upon us and all were full of good cheer!

I had the pleasure of dining on Haddock French with “The Most Interesting Man in the World” (Jer), which was delicious as the food always is at Murph’s . If you haven’t eaten there, give it a shot; I have never had a bad meal there.

“Murph” advised us the restaurant will be moved to its new location in the new-build Irondequoit Square in 2013. I lamented that it would be a sad day for me since Murph’s was FKA the Irondequoit Towne Lounge, under the ownership of Paul Christo, where, at 15, I had my first real job bussing tables (thanks to John Hart, who we missed at this party). I would love to have a party there around the time they are closing the old place with as many former IHS former ITL employees as possible. We could bus the tables for Murph!! Hope I get tips (free beer?)!!

Jeanne and Dan arrived and she advised us that she was getting over a flu that she caught from working with her “little petri dishes” (Kindergarten class!), which had to be explained to me (duh).

Janet espoused on the joys of having to work around the renovation of her office at work.

Gary is fixing up a house in Florida that he bought sight unseen. He has more nerve than I do!!!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Sherri won the Facebook Quiz. I was getting kind of confused around then!

Beth wore her traditional Holiday IHS CO 75 Hoodie, gave the Facebook Quiz, and offered candy (which, for the first time in my life, I declined!!!!). And most important, she's a Gramma!!!

Sue told us of the terrible time she had with her new coffee maker. Of course, the men understood why she didn’t bother with the instructions until all else failed, except for the fact that she is a woman! This led to a brief acknowledgement by Ray, Sue, and me concerning our famous Sicilian tempers…don’t worry, no one got killed……

Steve stopped in with us for a while between his other social obligations!

Alla told me of some places where teens can go dance for my son to try. But if he dances like me, I’m not so sure it’s such a good idea!

We discovered that Ray seems to have taken pest extermination instruction from Carl Spackler (Bill Murray’s groundskeeper character in Caddyshack).

Stu stopped by after his successful gallery show earlier in the evening.

We did, however, miss a few of the “regulars” who didn’t make it, and we hope to see them at the next party.

Until then, aloha!