[Boomer]

Thank you to all of those I have met since I have been here in TV. Two of my favorite things are laughter and sunshine. The sunshine was already here and then you provided those big welcoming smiles and we laughed together like we had known each other for a long time. And, in a way, I guess we have.

And thank you Kathie and the Karaoke Krew and to Barefoot for putting the word out that I had ambushed you. After that happened, some people contacted me and I have met every one of them.

Some things take some catching on to around here. I went to Havana at about 9:30 a couple of nights ago, thinking entertainment there started at 9:00……Wellllll…… Thank goodness I got to see three of you, who were just getting ready to leave, too. I am so glad I caught you and thanks for explaining these schedules to me. I should have known.……………

I really should have known. The last time we were here, we happened upon some great live entertainment in a club. That was in 2007 and I cannot remember the name. I think maybe Santiago. So Mr. B and I got our drinks and then went out to the porch where the music was playing and everybody was having fun and the guy was singing, “Little Darlin’" and I know all the words to that one. (And I can’t dance, but I can cha-cha in my chair with the best of ‘em.)

So anyway, we sat down and sang along for a couple of tunes and suddenly everybody got up and left. And I thought, “Ohhhh, noooo, I know I am an awful singer, but I was not singing thaaat loud. But then a nice lady explained the 9:00 thing to me and I don’t know why I did not remember that from 2007 and got it into my head that Havana started at 9:00.

And Tal, if you are reading this, I tried to find you the day I stopped by the dogpark and tracked down Barefoot, but you were already gone. Hi Tal.

And, again, thank you all for the invitations to meet. I am so glad we did. I wish I could be here for Crispers but we will be gone by then. And a special thank you for helping 21st Century Boomer drag her 20th Century alter-ego into Now. This online world still confuses me. But those of you I have met are all real to me now. And quite wonderful I do think. You are a sort of Sunshine Committee in so many ways.

Boomer