Friday, March 06, 2020

25 years of nasty, dirty lovin'

Yesterday on my drive home from work I realized that it was the 25th anniversary of the night Jeannie and I first went out.  Isn't that crazy?

I remember arriving at her parents' house when I was picking her up.  Two of her brothers were sitting outside as some sort of stone-faced gauntlet that I had to walk through.  I remember her coming to the door wearing her red dress, and I was very struck by how hot she looked.

I have little pictures in my head of what dinner was like (was it at a place called Del Pietro's or just Pietro's?  Was it on Hampton or Watson?) but I really don't remember much of dinner.  And I remember dancing some at the Casa Loma Ballroom, but that's about it.  I think "In Your Eyes" was one of the last songs played, and I remember having to get up the courage to ask her to really dance.

That's about all I remember from that night.  But how many interesting things got set in motion!  Most notably, this:


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