Class Notes a very special project named Jayne Alexia Massad, who was successfully launched in October at 6 pounds, 4 ounces. Congratulations! Speaking of producing things — Erika Wolf was in New York in November for a panel discussion and signing for her book, Iif and Petrov’s American Road Trip, published by Cabinet/ Princeton Architectural Press. The book is the first-ever English translation of a 1936 travelogue of a two-month road trip across the United States by two Russian journalists. Apparently the book has been compared to the hit mockumentary Borat. ‘Not sure what I think about this…’ Erika wrote. In addition to Erika, the panel discussion included Russian artists Natasha and Valera Cherkashin and moderator Sina Najafi. The talk was to be followed by a question and answer session, book signing, and possible vodka consumption. Charlotte Hart attended the event and reported that Erika was definitely the center of attention. She also saw Erika’s brother, August Wolf ’79, but apparently missed out on the vodka consumption. Speaking of vodka consumption, in February, Friend of the Class Terry Moore sent a photo along with the following note, ‘Here is one for the SPA alumni magazine. The boys came back to the Twin Cities to play in the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships the weekend of January 15. They don’t know I am sending this to you.’ Our own Charlie Stringer, Tad Lundborg, and Thad Klasinski, along with Rigger Poore ’82, Terry Moore, and Greg Dornbach skated as ‘The Bears’ (‘Da Beers’?). It doesn’t look like they made it to the finals. For more about the Pond Hockey Championship, go to www.uspondhockey.com. Thanks for the leak, Terry! Speaking of leakers, I heard from Tad Lundborg in February.
band. Maybe I’ll see you there, too. Until next time, keep those emails coming to Classof81Rules@googlegroups.com and keep up the good work!”
1982 25th Reunion | Oct. 11-14, 2007 The October 13 Class Party will be a buffet dinner at the home of David and Betsy Weyerhaeuser. Reunion weekend contacts: Libby Driscoll Hlavka, Gena Janetka, Sally Cammack Miesen, Jenifer Robins, David Weyerhaeuser David Weyerhaeuser dweyerhaeuser@gradstaff.com Sally Cammack Miesen
From left, Richard Poore ’82, Terry Moore, Charlie Stringer ’81, Tad Lundborg ’81, Thad Klasinski ’81, and Greg Dornbach. They played as “The Bears” in the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships in January.
1983
Tracy Cosgrove Lakatua tlakatua@bigsky.net
1984 Tad wrote that, although he lived in London for a number of years, he was never was able to find Matt Ravden. Tad now lives in New Jersey and says he ‘hopes to be at this address a few years, getting too old to keep moving around. My kid is going to Rumson Country Day School (second grade) and he can stay there until eighth grade, so barring me not getting fired from too may jobs, we’ll be here ’til then!’ Anna Suessbrick recently relocated to Seattle, where she is planning to build a private practice in psychological assessment. According to Anna, ‘these transitions are both exciting and nauseating…’ Speaking of new careers, Norah Shapiro has given up life as a public defender and is reinventing herself as ‘Producer/ Maker/Director/you name it.’ See more about Norah and her work on page 18.
Andrea Sahlin announced
that her husband, Naveen, has opened a new restaurant called the Highland Café and Bakery at 2012 Ford Parkway in Saint Paul. According to Andrea, it will serve ‘American-style food, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and a weekly Nepalese curry special.’ Having spent more than three weeks trekking in Nepal, I can really relate to the curry. By the time you read this, a mini class reunion of sorts will have taken place in New York City. Friend of the Class John Munson (Semisonic, Pleasure, Trip Shakespeare) and his trio The New Standards with Chan Poling (The Suburbs) and Steve Roehm, will be playing at Joe’s Pub in the Village in late June. I’m looking forward to getting together with Owen Walton and Michael Sonkowsky to relive old times critiquing John’s latest garage
Tom Guyer tomg@winsorcorp.net Brian Lipschultz writes,
“We just moved back to the Twin Cities after 12 years on the West Coast. Looking forward to getting settled in and reconnecting with old friends.”
1985
Dave Kansas davekansas22@yahoo.com Daymond Dean writes,
“It is amazing how time flies. My eldest child, Danielle, is a sixth grader. It’s surreal to know that her locker is 50 yards from my office, or to see her walking the same hallways I ran through almost 25 years ago. What’s even more strange is turning 40, having a Middle School-aged kid but still feeling like I’m 17 when I walk into
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