Same Ocean, Different Beach
There comes a point at the Games when the heavy lifting is just about over and one can safely set his sights on getting back to the US of A. I get to see Anne for the first time in a month (FaceTime not included) and I’ll get to see my dad for the first time in nearly six weeks.
And if the Albarinos and the Yusteins and the Syphers ever decide to vacate 7 Mills Road in Maine, I will head north for a lobster and a nap. Not necessarily in that order.
It has become a bit of a tradition for me to take a photo with a Nunan’s Lobster bib. I did it first in Beijing, then London and this year’s version was taken last night at the women’s beach volleyball final during the medal ceremony.
They are now hanging in the Joe Ward Olympic Memorial Booth, where coincidentally they sat my nephew (Vyseguy, to the veteran bloggers).
I was at the track the other day and saw the qualifying round for the women’s pole vault. And I happen to know a young woman who competes in pole vault for her school. These are for you, Christa.
Eat at Joe’s 
We won’t be vacating, but you’re welcome to come up. Your room is occupied, but the pullout sofa will be very comfortable for you.
and stop commenting as Anonymous!
Great Headline. Who? (inside NY Times joke)
Zé, You never give the guests the option of leaving or not!!
I loved Alex and Leslye’s scackliner video. Fun and beautifully shot (not that that’s unusual.) Maybe Christa would like to be a slackliner. She’d be in the air AND on a beach.
Looking forward to seeing you too after SIX weeks. Of course that means the blog winds down.
It will be missed.
For those who didn’t catch it, the slackliner video:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/100000004598109/one-of-the-most-jaw-dropping-athletes-in-rio-isnt-part-of-the-olympics.html?smid=tw-share
The Yustein’s will be happy to leave a spot on the couch for you and join you for a lobster. That’s what you had in mind, right?
I know how to get her the school record next year. Knee high socks!!
I think you’ve cracked the code MN(CD).
While the crowd behind you is so focused and engaged, I like to think about the people behind that camera. They’re watching a grown man, in an Olympic venue where the worlds best athletes are competing for medals, with top press credentials and high tech equipment, get his picture taken, grinning ear to ear, in a lobster bib. Even in a place like Copacabana Beach, at which the internet has shown me there’s never a shortage of “interesting” sights, there had to be more than a few furrowed brows in the upper deck last night!
I have found my new favourite ‘sport’–synchronised swimming! Mary Pat, Joanne and Mel let’s meet at 8-10 Maple St. when I get home and we can discuss/design our outfits and walk to the Town Pool for practice!
You were the first “Cornwallite” this Bronx kid met at the CCHS orientation back in 1973 (…the Mets were ok then…), and I am fortunate to still be included in your circle of friends. You are great at your job, and I am continually blown away by your talents. Enjoy the rest of your Olympic experience, and thank you for sharing parts of it with me!
Sorry! I didn’t realize I had posted as Anonymous. I think the gorgeous Maine weather and wonderful food (Nunan’s last night!) got to my brain, which was of course mushy to begin with. Suzette of the Synchronized Swimming, what a team we would be! Sadly, I can’t swim right side up, much less upside down. I recently showed the kids the picture (taken here in Cape Porpoise!) of you, Joanne and me in our matching pink nightgowns. They were pretty traumatized, so they might not be looking forward to seeing us in sparkly bathing suits. Perhaps we should petition the IOC to include spud, kickball, or roller skating in the next games…things we really excel at!
Wasn’t Pink Nightgown Night also Pictionary Night? If medals had been awarded Tracy, Amy and Patricia would all have been wearing gold!
As I’m sitting here sipping a Blue Moon, I pause to wonder; what was the outcome of the haircut vote?
10 votes for YES
2 for NO
6 for OTHER ???
I could try tomorrow
Try? Majority rules!
Should I have the Redeemer shaved into my head?
Sure 😉😉
Any pics of the new haircut? Safe travels home and thanks for staying awake even longer to keep us entertained.