On Thursday Betsy and Joe stopped by for about a couple of hours in the late afternoon before we went out for dinner in Chestnut Hill. They hung out with the kids and enjoyed themselves. Their grandchildren are all much older now and I think they loved being with the littles again. Dan came by and hung our for awhile too.
Marissa and Violet really bonded.
She's Not There - Songs 1967 FV
I was a little disappointed that we never got a chance to get down there to the restaurant and the Attic Brewery next door to sit at their shared outdoor patio enjoying some brews and BBQ. The weather just did not cooperate as the week went on. I thought I might have at least stopped by the brewery to buy a couple of 4-packs to take back to Buffalo with us but it just never happened. Next time we're in town I'll make sure it happens and it's a damn good reason to take a drive through my old neighborhood.
Keep Your Mind Open - Songs 1967 FV
We had also been talking with Dan about getting together and he wanted to go out to dinner with us too so he came by and joined us. We drove over there but the parking lot was full and we had to park on the street about a block and a half away after dropping off Betsy and Joe at the restaurant. I went with Dan in his car and Becky and him parked next to each other on the street.
After dinner Betsy, Dan, Becky and me walked down the street to the cars. Joe waited on a bench in the parking lot. Dan had something in his car to give us from the house and I walked over with him to his car. In the meantime Betsy and Becky got in our car and drove back to the restaurant. Dan was going home from there which was just a couple of blocks away and I had to hoof it very quickly back to the restaurant to get my ride back to Katie's house with Becky. They thought I was riding back with Dan. Fortunately Joe was slow getting into the car and that gave me enough time to wave down Becky and get into the car. We all had a great laugh about me getting left behind and probably needing an Uber/Lyft to get back to the house. Well, we got back to Katie's and Betsy and Joe got in their car for their drive home. Back in the house we laughed again about me almost getting left at the restaurant. We did have a very good time and it was great spending some time with Betsy, Joe and Dan.
Last year in October we had a nice group dinner at the Chestnut Hill Grill on their patio. This time we were looking for something place different and Blue Bell Inn in nearby Blue Bell, PA fit the bill. It was a great place and they also had a very nice newly renovated outside patio area but the group opted to be inside and we had a room to ourselves. That was good because when Becky and I got there we could see that even on a Wednesday evening at happy hour the place was hopping in the main bar and dining area and was very loud.
We had a couple of people not able to make the dinner because of illness which was too bad. I was looking forward to seeing Margie and Madeline. And Joe too. So we had ten people at our table. There was me and Becky, Tom and Joanne, Tom's sister Patsy and her son, Jerry and Chris, George and Dona.
The food was wonderful. I was sorry that we didn't take pictures of our group. Last year it was Madeline who initiated taking pictures and this year she wasn't there. I should have taken some photos and had the waiter take our group picture but it didn't happen. Next time we will make sure it happens.
Feel So Good - Night Chill FV
The Turtles in the pic.
Sweet Inspiration - Songs 1967 FV
We stayed at the Comfort Inn which is where we had stayed previously. We got a room on the second floor overlooking the back parking lot where we had parked our car. We went to bed around nine and just as we had started trying to get some sleep there was a lot of noise out in the parking lot. There was a group of teenagers down there just below our window doing some kind of dance routine with some loud music, hand clapping and some shouting. It looked like there were doing some kind of tic-toc dance thing. The parking lot was well lit and there was plenty of room for the 15 to 20 or so kids to do their thing. It actually looked kind of cool and after checking them out from the window we went back to bed.
A few minutes later the kids were all gone from the parking lot.
Call On Me - Songs 1967 FV
I've added the original artists to the list which is something new and I'll probably go back and add them to the previous covers posts. Here is a link to the Spotify playlist and it runs for an hour and a half. The photo is from the Yo La Tengo video of their cover of that Cure song.
Friday I'm In Love - Covers FV
This mix sometimes sounds like a frat party of the time. Or one of those parties we had in our basement rec room a couple of years later.
I Feel Fine - Songs 1965 FV
Just Dropped In - Songs 1967 FV
Katie, Todd and the three kids came up from Philly for the party and stayed at a motel down the road for a couple of nights. They arrived Friday evening and left Sunday afternoon towards the end of the party. The kids had school on Monday morning.
The Doors in the pic.
The End - Songs 1967 FV
Country Joe & The Fish in the pic.
Flying High - Songs 1967 FV
We were really excited to see The English Beat that night and R.E.M. was a relatively unknown at that time. Their Chronic Town EP had been out and the Buffalo State College radio station was playing their first single Radio Free Europe and that was about it. The first album Murmur was released the week of this show.
I went out and bought it after the show at Play It Again Sam's and then played it regularly on Saturday nights at the Pastime Lounge. Just gave the vinyl a spin too.
R.E.M. Set List
