Sunday, January 04, 2009

A special guest


We had a special visitor at Ola Lola's last night. Back sometime in the last century, I had a college roommate who was from, of all places, Puerto Rico. About four years ago we reconnected via e-mail and occasional phone calls. He was on the island for the new governor's inauguration on Friday (Manny now lives in Orlando). Last night he surprised me by showing up at Ola Lola's (Elaine knew he was coming but kept it a surprise - she's good at that).

It was a short (too short!) but wild reunion.

It was really nice to see an friend after so many years. We both hope it won't be anywhere near that long before we see each other again.

2 comments:

Herman said...

Hello Elaine & John. It was my pleasure meeting you both last saturday afternoon after driving Manny Garcia over to your Ola Lolas Garden Bar. It was great listening to your college dorm stories. I had a lot of fun. Don't worry John. I won't say who stepped on the cake! By the way, that photo posted of you and Manny, there's no way to improve it with or without Photoshop. Not the camera's or the photographer's fault. It's just the subjects'... :-)
Thanks for your hospitality and hope to see you soon.
Regards,
Herman Lugo

cotterpin said...

That's a flash from the past - wow! ...and we were just talking about the "photography darkroom" - ah, fond memories of Marble.....