Ithaca College Weekend Recap

This past weekend I attended The Ithaca College Alumni Weekend, since this my 15th year reunion. Here are some of the gory details.

There was a happy hour on campus Friday night in the student union. Pretty good time seemed to be had by all. I ran into a few Class of '91 folks. It is funny, since people I knew in college did not look to be 36/37, while people I met form my class who I did not know in school seemed to be a bit older. I saw Kimmi Kurtz, Doug Simon, Elise Kurland, Sandra Biasillo, and Ezra Patentreger (plus his lovely wife Jennifer).

I then caught up wiht Rob McIver and Lisa Lovisolo (now married) and went to dinner with them and Kimmi at a new place on the commons called madelines. It is across form Simeons on the IC side of the commons, not sure what was there when we were there except maybe dead space Very good meal. I got seared tuna. Then we went onto Mahagony Grill (formerly Plums), and ran into a slew of more IC people. Melissa Reichley sends her regards. The others included Joe Siracuse (actually showed up saturday), Dan Kirkhause, Jeff George, Dave Fleishman, Jon Adelson, Jon Lesser, Heather Bock, Cindy Neal, Denise Dalton, Kelly Benham plus a few more folks I don't immediatley remember. We essentially hung in Plums until well past closing (1:30?), then wondered the streets until 2 or 2:30 and crashing.

I was supposed to play golf with McIver at 8 am, but we met in the hotel lobby around 6:45, and it was pouring so we decided to bag. The extra sleep did me good. I then went to the picnic, which was in Emerson Suites (since it was still raining) and ate some burgers and started to drink some beer. I ran into Mollie Surden, Glenn Schneider, Kori Weaving Schneider, Alyssa Dolman at the lunch. After a leisurely and long lunch, the Class of 91 picture was taken and Lovi and I went to the bookstore to get IC Shit for the kiddies.

Rob then convinced me to play 9 holes fo golf down by where my parents used to keep their boat (newman municipal golf course). It was fun, though I came home soaked and more tired. We then went to the Glenwood Pines for pinesburgers (yummy) and of course more beer. Upon return to Ithaca, from the booming metropolis of Ulyses, NY we returned to Plums to commence drinking other libations. After awhile, we migrated to Petes Tavern, which was conviniently located clsoer to the hotel. However, after closing we went on a quest for pizza, and found a new pizza place (sammy's) that was still open, next to Madelines. We actually went in and ordered 3 pizza's to be delivered to Kimmi's room at the Holiday Inn, room 248. How odd is it that we walked in, ordered a pizza and asked that it be delivered.

Finally around 1:30 we were back at the hotel, and started the after hours, with shitty Coors Light. The pizza arrived and we all welcomed the lovely grease balls to soothe our aching stomachs and heads. Soon after Adam Weis and Dan Snopek, friends of Kimmi's arrived, after having struck out trying to pick up chycks form the class of '01 (2001, not 1901). With them they brought more beer and a bottle of Jagermeister, reminding Rob and I about that July 4th party at my parents many moons ago. I partoook in a shot of the licorice flavored drink. Some how two Dutch guys showed up as well. Very odd. Then we called room service asking for a cork screw. The manager informed us we could not have a cork screw, since the police were on their way up to speak with us.

Apparently some asshole in the next room called 911 to complain about the noise, rather than calling the front desk. It seems that the police did not really want to come up, but since a 911 call was made the captain told them they needed to go to speak to the room owner. So kimmi was made available and provide her information and we were asked to "keep it down". It is amusing since all of are well above drinking age, and no illegal drugs were being consumed, so getting busted by the cops was actually quite amusing to say the least.

Alas, the night had to end around 3 pm, since I needed to be on the road next day, or later that morning, at 8:30 so I could be home to coach Jacob's soccer team. All things considered it was a great time, which taught me a few lessons. One, I cannot drink as much, or as fast as I used to, and was shocked to think about how much I was able to consume when I was 22. Two, staying up late and getting up relatively early makes Jeff a very tired boy. Ultimately I had to go to bed at 8:30 Sunday night. How sad, and I am still tired today. Three, it is good seeing people that you have not seen in a while, and in general the folks who went to Ithaca are really nice and fun people, so even people I just met and did not know 15+ years ago, added to the overall weekend experience.

So I think pretty much sums up my weekend. I hope that is detailed enough for anyone interested