the best day

"It was twenty years ago today..."

July 20, 1985, somewhere on West 22nd Street, a bored young New Yorker in a mini-skirt met a skinny, long-haired guy from Vermont.

We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of that great day by driving up to Boston for a baseball game. Here's to the next 20 years.

Hope you all have a wonderful day - see you tomorrow!

Comments

  1. Kyle_From_Ottawa20 July 2005 at 03:30

    Happy umm... first date day!

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  2. andym20 July 2005 at 03:44

    Aww...that's cool--you celebrate first date day, too! Congrats, kids!

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  3. James Redekop20 July 2005 at 05:26

    Congratulations. Enjoy the game!

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  4. Anonymous20 July 2005 at 06:30

    Happy Anniversary guys!

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  5. Marnie20 July 2005 at 06:34

    Aww, that's pretty cute. Happy anniversary, and may they just get better and better.

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  6. Rognar20 July 2005 at 06:54

    Congrats and best wishes. Go Sox!

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  7. Anonymous20 July 2005 at 07:00

    Congatulations! Here's to another 20 ;)

    Peter

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  8. Crabbi20 July 2005 at 07:28

    Happy anniversary, L and Redsock! Happy Sox day!

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  9. Anonymous20 July 2005 at 08:27

    That's a really sweet post. Here's to twenty more sweet years, and another 20 after that. :-)

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  10. David Cho20 July 2005 at 08:51

    awwwwww. Wanna see pictures.

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  11. Marnie20 July 2005 at 19:41

    Hey, thanks for the link to guluwalk.com a while ago. I joined the walk tonight and hope to do it again. The guys are great, and their efforts are really attracting attention.

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  12. laura k21 July 2005 at 04:46

    Thanks, everyone!

    Marnie: Re guluwalk, that is really good news. If it's still happening in September or October, I'll join you!

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  13. Marnie21 July 2005 at 04:55

    It's just for July, really, but who knows? Maybe they'd do it once a week, once a month, once in a while? It's not as if the problem is going to go away.

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  14. laura k21 July 2005 at 05:06

    Yes, that's what I was thinking! Perhaps they would continue it as a monthly event, or something like that. If it's gotten attention, other organizers might step forward. That's how movements begin...

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  15. sleepybomb21 July 2005 at 20:06

    congrats l-girl & redsock! what a wonderful story. i raise my glass of cheap vino in toast. . .
    hope ya'll have another 20 happys.

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