plans for Moscow trip plus BLONDES!

Sent: Saturday, February 11, 1995 9:50 PM
To: 'Nooter, Rob (ROB)'

Subject: plans for Moscow trip plus BLONDES!

Noot,

[Moscow trip planning stuff deleted...]

As I mentioned in my letter about Chabrier's wedding, I had drinks with an attorney last Monday night. I HAD A GREAT TIME. She and I have checking each other out since the bank's Christmas party. probably one of the best things that I ever did was take Larkin as my date to the Christmas party.

Sharon actually sat down next me at the Christmas party and we ended up talking for a while. It turns out a number of short stories came out of her and I talking that night which I will save for one night in Moscow over a beer.

Sharon and I had planned to meet for drinks at 6:00 p.m. on Monday February 6 and ended up having dinner and closing the place down about 11:00 p.m. they finally threw us out of the restaurant. anyway, Sharon is 33 and an interesting person. she scuba dives, downhill and x-country skis, plays golf and hikes and is into impressionism art and jazz; blonde about 5 feet 6 inches tall. Sharon is an attorney specializing in contracts for the bank after being married about four years, Sharon got divorced almost a year ago.

Sharon and I went out again Friday night, February 10, after work for a couple hours before I had to pick up the kids. it was interesting because I was under a time deadline to get the kids, but it was obvious that neither one of us really wanted to leave--a nice feeling. we are also putting together some plans for next weekend which is the three day president's holiday.

wallen was counseling me on the phone on Tuesday after I had gone out with her the first night not to get too excited.

/s/ heringer

First Date

Sharon and I had our first date at Mace's.

Greg and Dean's Wedding

Greg and Dean got married at the Highlands Inn in Carmel. I spent the night at the Green Lantern Inn in Carmel.

Tomasin's 40th Birthday Party

Voodoo Lounge

Hunter, Snipes, She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and I saw the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour at the Oakland Coliseum.

94 World Cup - USA versus Columbia

As a guest of Systematics, Dick Park [the bank CFO] and I attended the 1994 USA versus Columbia World Cup game. The USA won the game by the score of 1 to 0 on an own goal by Andrés Escobar.

After the game, we watched the Houston Rockets defeat the New York Knicks in game seven of the NBA finals by the score of 90 to 84 in the hospitality tent outside the stadium. Other than the own goal by Escobar, the thing that I remember most about the day was Starks missing three point shot after three point shot. Starks went 0 for 11 from three point range that night and would not stop shooting down the stretch!

David Carroll Hare

1991 Rugby World Cup Championship Game

Tomasin and I attended the 1991 Rugby World Cup Championship Game at Twickenham Stadium in London.

Australia best England by the score of 12 to 6.

1991 Rugby World Cup - Day 4

Morning: Free

Afternoon: World Cup Semi-Final Match at Lansdowne Road Rugby Park

Evening: Free

There are days in your life that you will always look back on.  This is one of those days for me.  It epitomizes why I enjoy traveling with Tomasin.

Wandering down the street outside the stadium in Dublin, we dove into a crowded pub.  Within 15 minutes, Tomasin had us at the bar laughing and scratching with the locals.  I have always admired and appreciated Tomasin's ability to strike up a conversation and connect with random people.  This is not a skill that I have.

Heading into the stadium, we had great seats for the game and saw a fantastic match.  Australia beat New Zealand by the score of 16 to 6.

The opening try came after seven minutes when David Campese, loitering in the fly-half position 20 meters out behind a ruck, took a pass and set off diagonally left.  Baffling the defense, he ignored a gap and continued his diagonal run to score in the corner.

Campese created the second try. Seeing the All Black defense up in Australian faces, Michael Lynagh chipped ahead from halfway. Tearing up the right wing in pursuit of the kick, Campese collected the ball as Tim Horan weaved left and right in his wake.   Campese lobbed a perfect no-look Geselbracht pass for Horan over his right shoulder while wrong-footing defender John Timu by looking left. Horan completed the score and Australia were 13-0 ahead at the break. Campese's pass was chosen by Fox Sport as the 'Number 1 Ridiculous Pass of All Time.'    

We finished the day with a pub crawl in downtown Dublin.  One of my regrets is that we didn't get to see much of Dublin.  I need to get back to Ireland and Dublin.

One footnote.  The Landsdowne Road Stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for the construction of the Aviva Stadium.  The new stadium opened in 2010.

1991 Rugby World Cup - Day 3

Morning: Free

Afternoon: Two Matches v/s Delvin RFC

Evening: Entertainment with Host

We did a quick rugby practice in the morning to organize the group. Afterwards, we drove an hour north to Bryanstown to play a couple of matches against a local club. I did not play in either of the afternoon matches. I frankly don't remember that there was actually a second match...

1991 Rugby World Cup - Day 2

Morning: Arrive Gatewick Airport and transfer to Aer Lingus for the flight to Dublin.

Afternoon: Check into Spa Hotel at Luchen. Sightseeing in and around Dublin.

Evening: Irish night out at local Pubs.

One of the nights in Dublin, the whole group went to a funky Irish cabaret show. Looking at the schedule, it must have been this night.

1991 Rugby World Cup - Day 1

Tomasin, Bachman and I left San Francisco on an America Airlines flight to Dallas. In Dallas, we met up with a number of members of the Tennessee Long Rifles Rugby Football Club. The group included a number of guys that Tomasin had played rugby with in Jackson, Mississippi. Together we boarded a long flight to Gatewick Airport in England.

I took this trip slightly more than two months after I separated from my ex-wife and about a month after the infamous coming home to an empty house incident. To say that I started the trip feeling more than a little reckless would be an understatement.

Depart from your local airport for Dublin, Ireland via American Airlines.

Date of Separation

My ex-wife and I separated on this date.

George Thorogood

Kurt and Joy Snipes and I saw George Thorogood in concert at the Sacramento Community Center Theater. I had two tickets, but Alison didn’t go. Kurt and I started the evening at the bar in the Hyatt Regency with one bourbon, one scotch and one beer.

Andre Agassi

My ex-wife and I saw Andre Agassi play in the 1990 Volvo San Francisco Tournament. Agassi was 19 years old.

Andre Agassi won the title by defeating Todd Witsken 6–1, 6–3 in the final.

1989 San Francisco Giants versus New York Mets

Randy Wong and I saw the San Francisco Giants play the New York Mets. The Giants lost the game by a score of 3 to 1. The Mets scored two runs in the top of the tenth to win the game.

This was a very good Giants team. They made it to the World Series, but got swept by the Oakland A's.

A picture of Randy, Goose Gossage and I from the game is here.

Chuck's wedding

Larkin and I went to Chuck's wedding reception, a King's game, back to Chuck's house and then crashed at his house in Christian Valley.

The Kings beat the Los Angeles Clippers that night by the score of 104 to 89. Wyman Tisdale was the high scorer for the Kings with 27 points.

1988 California International Marathon

I ran the California International Marathon. My time was 3:29:09 for an average pace of 7:59 per mile.

The 1988 California International Marathon results are here.

Larkin and I ended up at Matt and Sherry's old house on Essence Way in Antelope after the race.

Gibson's Walk-Off Home Run

Drew and I watched the end of this game.

Rob and Barb's Wedding

I was a groomsmen in Rob and Barb's wedding.