Flashback.....

From the time I was 15 until I was 19 or 20 I worked in a restaurant call "PJ's Food and Drink".
Thirty years later, the memories of that place are fresh in my mind. The original location was on Manchester Road in Des Peres, MO. but it is long gone. It re-opened in a new location a number of years ago in downtown Kirkwood.

The photo above was sent to me from my ex-brother-in-law, Bruce (he is in the photo, on the left). The handsome devil on the right is yours truly (click on the photo for a larger view). I would guess I weighed in at about 120 pound in those days. Skinny, but what a handsome fellow, no?

The things we did back then, cars, motorcycles, girls, beer, the list goes on and on. There crew included Airhead, Hoppy, Steve (aka X), a bartender named Curley (female), PJ himself, his brother Urban, and both my brothers.. Mom and Dad came in most Saturday nights.

Thanks for the flashback Bruce, those were the days indeed.

My Town

Kirkwood, Mo

It's all over the news today, but not for good reasons.
This is my town, I grew up there and lived there until I was 27.

So, as Montgomery Gentry sings in My Town
Yeah, this is my town.
(Na, na, na, na, na.)
This is my town.
(Na, na, na, na, na.)
My town.

It's a sad day in Kirkwood.