New beginnings and a new restaurant

The restaurant had living quarters. So we worked and lived at the restaurant. The business was so much harder than either of us expected. We worked from early in the morning until very late at night. We were open seven days a week. Our first day off and a week's vacation did not happen until three years later. Bert was a very kind and good man; however, his expectations of me were very often like one of his employees. We had a very good business and were a popular club with good food, live music, and banquet rooms. At some time during our years at the restaurant, Tracy, who had started learning photography from her Dad, had moved to California with a young man who was a medical student at Froedtert Hospital. His home was Santa Barbara. When Tamara was in her late teens, she was living with a wild guy named Peter. Bert had to physically have to remove her from his house to get her to a safe place. Tamara was a smart, strong-willed young woman. However, she was caught up in a bad situation during that time of her life.

Tamara met and married Scott Jankowski and had Jacob and Erin. Rick graduated, moved to San Diego and met and married Lorri, and had Sierra. Tracy met Dennis Hoey after breaking up with Dr. Greg. Tracy and Dennis were legally married in Santa Barbara, with a fun ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.