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The Class of 1973 celebrating their 60th birthdays in Palm Springs
Anne Cochran Frischkorn, Shelby Dulin Perley, Lucy Butler, Leigh Mahone Hoburg, Donna Moniz Davis , Laura Cornett, Sue Weyerhaeuser Messina, Jane Schwarzer Fields, Jane King, and Byrne O’Brien. Thank you, Thank you Sue! I was able to travel in May and June to Europe with my daughter, Megan. We had a lovely time visiting London, Zurich, Lake Lucerne, and then on to Grindelwald, Zermatt, Lugano, Como (where my sister’s Amanda and Anne met us to celebrate my 60th birthday) and then to San Remo before heading home. In July, Barbara, Byrne and their son Ed came for a wonderful visit up at Lake Tahoe/ Glenbrook. In September, I was joined by many friends to celebrate Sue Ward’s 60th in Pebble Beach. She had us to a newly decorated home that she did herself. Megan continues to ride and show her horse in the hunter circuit. She will graduate from USC in May. Looking forward to an art class that Anne Frischkorn has now signed up for with me in Carmel in April. Should be great fun! Cyndy Nadai “regretted not being able to Jessica Andrus Lindstrom ’73
join us in CA for our birthday celebrations as she was in Italy celebrating her own the same weekend with a group of friends from Australia. She is still living happily in Sydney and continues to work with four different nonprofits.” Tracy MacDonald: I’m working full time for a Powersports store in Boise. I love my job. Didn’t think I’d be working this hard at 60, though. My lovely children: one is a partner in a women-owned archeological company; one is in college; and my other is still involved in roller derby and charity work. They are so damn incredible! Life has taken on new meaning in the last three years or so. I am truly blessed. Love you all. Jessica Andrus Lindstrom: I am in my fourth year as head of Wakefield Country Day School (WCDS) in Little Washington, VA, and enjoying the challenges and the stimulation. I have a great faculty, parents, and student body and a very supportive board of directors. Son, Elliott, will be graduating from Amherst College in May; daughter, Harmony, a sophomore at WCDS, is about to get her driver’s permit. I send along a picture taken after my debut in a recent school talent show as an opera singer, meowing my part in Rossini’s Duetto buffo di due gatti! This 60-year-old ain’t slowing down yet! Juanita deSanz: For the last few years, I have been trying to do less, and slow down but it seems like I am always adding too many things into my life! I’m only working 3 days a week as a psychotherapist and now teaching mindfulness once a week, but my life sure feels full. Both of my kids (Suzanna and Tom) are now living in the Bay Area, which is wonderful as I thought I might lose them to other locations. I spend most of my time with my kids, a few friends, boyfriend, Dragan, and my mom who is still living. Wishing you all a healthy, happy year! Teresa Barger: Travis took me sailing in a warm climate for my 60th birthday in February. Since our daughter, Medora, is working for a social enterprise in Kenya, it made sense for me to organize a safari to Tanzania for our family for Travis’s 60th birthday in June/ July. It is a glorious experience and if anyone wants to do it, I will give them the name of my outfitter who is 60% cheaper than any outfitter with a U.S. office. Then we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in October and were touched that Catalina girl Joan Frawley Desmond flew all the way out to D.C. for it. Our other daughter, Amelia, launched her first full fashion collection after having done some
capsule collections while working for other designers. Finally she is on her way. Her collection is at ameliabrown.com. Lisa Morel Suibielski: My husband, Jim, and I continue our RV travels throughout our beautiful country. We have spent the last three years visiting approximately 15 states each year and love every minute of it. We spend our winters back “home” in Monterey, where we can spend time with dear friends and family. Tina Del Piero and I get together as often as we can and, as always, have a blast. Tina has been hugely successful as director of fund development for VNA and Hospice. Our husbands get along very well, so we always have a good time. This year we are very excited to be planning a fall wedding for our daughter, Jennifer, in Monterey. Our son, James, continues to enjoy life in San Diego which makes a perfect place to visit when we are on the west coast! Anne Cochran Frischkorn: David and I became new grandparents. Our daughter, Eloise, gave birth to Keasbey in January! Mary Weisz Burgess: Tom and I are excited about our daughter Sarah’s play, Dry Powder, opening at the Public Theater of New York in March. Dry Powder is the viciously, deliciously funny new drama about the people shaping, and skewing, the American economy. Meanwhile, we are enjoying our retirement job running our restored 100-year-old general store in Peru, WV. I am traveling a lot with my cousin, Charlotte, who worked as a Spanish teacher at Catalina. She likes to visit remote national parks and I go along for the ride. Our sons, Paul and Nathan, are doing new things. Paul is starting up a Lucy Butler ’73 and Bobbi Bon Lundstrom ’73