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7/5/11
I had my 1st official stop on the Facebook world tour. And it was appropriately with my oldest friend. Oldest as in I’ve known him the longest. Not oldest in age, because we aren’t old.  I’m probably going to say the same thing when we are 80, but still – we aren’t that old.

My friend Dave Ankers and I went to Nudy’s Cafe in West Chester for lunch. I forgot to get a picture. You will forgive me, I’m new at this.

I first met Dave when we were 7  (He has always been David to me, but he prefers Dave… so Dave it is.  Although it is hard to call him that.)  and large due to him, we have kept in touch ever since.  Oddly, one of my fondest memories (it always makes me smile) was of The Who concert at the Vet.  I was living in York and he called to say he had 12 row seats, did I want to go.  ABSOLUTELY!  And then he called back, the seats were actually in the 25 row, he’d understand if I didn’t want to go.  Really? No… I think I’ll survive in row 25.  We could still see Rodger Daltrey’s ear clip from where we were.

This was one of the last times Dave is going to be in West Chester.  He & Chris are moving to New Orleans by the end of July (2011).

It’s always fun to have lunch with Dave.  And I think this was our shortest lunch.  Nudy’s was chosen because Dave’s brother swears by the place and Carlino’s has just way too many choices.  And it works for me – I can see it from the window in my office.  Dave had a Reuben, which looked really good, I’m going to have to try it.  I had pancakes and a side of bacon.  We had a wonderful talk – as always.  I am going to miss Dave’s periodic jaunts to West Chester.  I guess I will just have to have periodic jaunts to New Orleans!

After thinking a bit more about my new adventure I’ve decided on a couple of things.

1. I’m going to start from scratch so the wonderful spaghetti dinner – although my 1st adventure – isn’t going to count.  So, I’ll just have to go visit Cozy & Bob again.

2. I’m not going to visit ALL my Facebook friends.  Just those with whom I have had conversation.  I have a bunch of game friends that I’ve never interacted with other than to send game requests.  So those folks are going to be excluded.  And of course there is a but… there’s always a butt.  Some of the famous folks on my friend list don’t interact with me, but they are still on the visit list assuming I can get an appointment/date.  =)

3. No time limit… just a money limit.  Since I have friends all over the world and of various levels of fame, some are going to be harder than others.  Like getting a dinner date with my Beloved David is going to be a WHOLE lot easier than getting even 5 minutes with Mike Rowe.  But with time and persistance all things can be accomplished.  Right? Right!

4. Group gatherings count.  We have a dinner every year around Christmas and that grabs about 10 or so friends.  And then there’s the Facebook lunch we have periodically.  Which is a ton of fun… I highly recommend doing it.  And then there’s the Lewiston Crew… that should be a fun trip.

Proximity is going to be a big thing too.  I know I’ll get to those folks in my immediate area sooner than someone on the other side of the world.  Which is why there’s no time limit.  Getting Down Under is going to take a lot more planning than say dinner with South Eastern PA, Delaware, NJ friends.

5. Language barrier.  This is one I have to think about.  Do I really want to visit someone who won’t understand a lick of what I’m saying?  This is a definite maybe.  Although, if I don’t speak the same language as they do #2 is probably going to kick in.

So… “Party on Garth. …”