We always have a good time at the Abbey Point Night neighborhood dinner party. It's held the first Wednesday of the month so that Civil Defense Sirens can remind us that tonight is the night. This evening only a dozen residents gathered for cocktails and dinner. Attendance is always down in January. We've got two snowbirds in Florida and two in Arizona; Mary and John are vacationing in Hawaii and we had a couple of no shows, but what was left was a hearty group of folks happy to break trail through the snowdrifts for a good sit-down dinner and bull session at the clubhouse. Kevin the bartender (right) not only mixed drinks but waited our table as well. (We are, after all, his very favorite group, we like to believe.)
Jubilant that Bert Blyleven has finally made the Hall of Fame, certified Twins nut Mina Daly, who knows Bert personally, promised she'd invite Bert to a neighborhood salute and celebration in the Rolfsrud's basement this February, as the Abbey Point tarmac (like the metrodome) will be unavailable for group events.(Top photo. That's WWII Merchant Mariner Joe Daly with soon-to-retire Bud O., our association president and general good guy. Bud owns a working table saw and is therefore somewhat of a neighborhood hero. The group photo below does not include Kathleen, because Kevin was too busy serving dinner to take the picture.)
