Shite My Parents Say
Stories, Jokes and Memories from my parents and their generation. Some of it may even be true…“Believe It Or Not” – The Hyatt Stories
The following is a story I wrote the company newsletter while working as a Bellman at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf newsletter back in the 1990s. The premise for the article was to gather stories from various folks in the hotel and leave it to the reader to determine...
Summer Reading
Summer reading for hight school. Ususally 1-3 books of 250ish page lenght. Summer these is no reading but plenty of time. Summerr deadline it becuase a math exercise 50 pages a day for next 30 days. etc.
“The Day I Saved Hyatt” – The Hyatt Stories
The following is a story I wrote the company newsletter while working as a Bellman at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf newsletter back in the 1990s. The premise for the article was to gather stories from various folks in the hotel and leave it to the reader to determine...
Spelling Bee
Moderator: "The word is: Delineate" Contestant: "Del-in-ee-ate? Humm, Del-in-eeh-ate. Can you use that in a sentence please? Moderator: "Sure. Spell the word: Delineate"
The Pick of Destiny
Palm Springs, Feb 1994 - We were all there for a bachelor party and we had the best day out at the Bob Hope Classic golf tournament. I enlisted my friend John Sheehan to help me to stalk Eddie Van Halen who was playing in the tournament (Foursome: Tom Kite, Gerald...
Who Wore It Best
Burning Man
In case you didn't know, the Kerry Picnic in the 70s and 80s was the original "Burning Man."
“Price Check!”
At the store today, in the "Express" line when the lady ahead of me asked for the price of the Fig Newtons she had on the conveyer belt. The clerk tried to scan it but didn't work so he asked bag boy to check the shelf. She had a few more non-fig items that he started...
The One-Upsman
The boys had had their bachelor party fun in the exotic and remote location of North Beach and before it got too late, and the thousand beers could take hold, they thought it best to continue the session close to home. Because they were in North Beach where parking is...
The Pie-Eyed Piper
It was a somewhat typical Sunday evening at Ridley’s Bar in the mid-90’s: Plenty of rough guys and some equally rough girls writhing to the somewhat-muffled sounds emanating from a DJ booth perched precariously in the upper corner of the bar. I had been to the...
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