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David Robinson's 65th Birthday PartyApril 5th 2014 at The DogBar Gloucester, MA
I haven't seen David Robinson in years, probably 30 years, but hey you know there are old ties that never die and we here in Boston see ourselves as a family. So when Paul Robinson and Patti Colley Moore sent me an invite I knew I had to be there.
So with pal Judy Wilburn, I made the trek to the North Country, to Cape Ann and more specifically to The DogBar, 65 Main Street, Gloucester, MA. We arrived, luckily, before David. There already were quite a few people there....Jimmy Felice with his brother John Felice, Scott Baerenwald and his wonderful partner Kathryn Bradford, Erna and Billy Connors, T Max, Jan Collins and Simon Ritt, John Strymich and Matt Lambert taking photos, and of course Paul Robinson and Patti. This truly was a surprise party; David was told it was a party for someone else! Paul kept a watchful eye for David's arrival, saying "He's either going to be happily surprised or want to kill me!" Turns out David doesn't like birthdays...at all...but his family really wanted to show their love and appreciation to a fabulous brother on a big birthday so they did it. David seemed a little taken aback and not quite sure how to react when he walked in....but soon enough he was all smiles and chatting and joking with old friends and family and having a great time! As the afternoon went along other old pals showed up: Greg Hawkes sporting super spiffy cartoon sneakers he picked up at a local Journeys store, Jim Harold, Judy & Richie Parson, Anne Rearick and Willie Alexander, Ralph Fatello, and Eric Law, Henry Smith (this month's Noise centerfold!), John Blout and Dan Kopko from Watts and others I either can't remember or didn't know. Everyone had an incredibly wonderful time. There was more to it than just wishing a friend Happy Birthday too. It was a like a family reunion. It was so fantastic to have such an amazing gathering of so many old friends there!! In fact it was a subject that everyone kept bringing up. To continue with more festivities there was music too! Greg Hawkes got up and sis a short set of songs with his ukulele. It was very cute and sweet. Then Watts rocked the house big time with a great set of tunes. By the way: David lives up there in Gloucester and has a jewelry antiques shop called Windemere Art & Antiques. And I meant to also visit Fabola Furniture the vintage store owned by Nat Freeberg of Upper Crust and Don McBride but I couldn't tear myself away from the fantastic company at the party! As you can imagine the photo ops at this event were awesome...I hoep you enjoy the pics I was able to snap!
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Gee, if nothing else to give David an apology for that bad advice I gave him
so many years ago when he asked if I thought it was OK for him to leave DMZ
and join Capt'n Swing; I told him "NO!! Stay with DMZ" lucky for
him, and Cars fans out there, he didn't listen to me!
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