Luis Max Soto
On Aug 12, 12:36�pm, Gabrielle <Gebus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Still recovering from Friday and Saturday. Will post the photos my
> husband took soon. However, some of you might appreciate me running
> them by you first before I expose you to the world (Ilya in
> particular!). Of course, having said that now--if you censor those
> pix, people will be clamoring to see them.
>
> I want to thank everyone who helped put this together:
> Natasha--of course. Thank you for taking this incredibly rewarding
> project on with me. I feel so fortunate to have become reacquainted
> with you; to have learned what a fun, intellegent, clever, fearless,
> and, I have to say it--HOT, woman you are.
> Joe Ghione for doing such a beautiful job with the slide show and
> music (although you couldn't hear it due to the din of excited
> conversation, there was a continuous soundtrack of the 80s running the
> whole time), and for bringing the yearbooks and other memorabilia.
> Jeff Kim, who also compiled music from the 80s (with such purity that
> he included only songs from 1980 to, but no later than, 1987!)
> The fabulous Kim Bahmanyar who hooked us up with the equally fabulous
> catering from "Kilkenny" and their fab liaison--Michael McGirr
> Ben Bakenta for allowing us all (indirectly) to become happily
> intoxicated (and also for being such a nice cute boy)
> Ilya Kucherenko for MCing (however reluctantly), and for the financial
> security I now feel due to the great blackmail photo Brad took of him,
> but mostly for getting the whole ball rolling by creating this Google
> Group
> Cory Gaeta for lending us the "Girls of '87" jacket--had to have that!
> Ana Conlin, Mark Rachel, Ilya, Jeff, Joe, and everyone else who came
> early to help set-up and decorate (and then much later on--for
> providing years of fodder for laughter)
> Diana Engle for helping with the clean-up (looks like we'll get back
> our entire cleaning deposit)
> Adam Safir and Kerry Moore for organizing Saturday's picnic
> And thanks to everyone who attended We had such an outstanding turn-
> out from the Adams to Zinda (oh--and thank you Zinda...for being
> Zinda).
>
> I know many of you came long distances--geographically and personally,
> and I'm I'm so grateful that you did. Please let us stay in touch.
>
> Much Love and Respect to you all,
> Gabrielle