bbq 1997 invitation

When Mike worked for Candle Corporation he was on the company volleyball team, which played in the Oak Brook Park District's recreational league. It was really an excuse to go drinking after the games at the York Tavern, your basic sort of dive. We closed it many times, usually to commiserate a loss. During one of those post-game wakes, the team bounced around ideas for the next druid labs' party, and this one was the winner. Sad to say, Mike doesn't remember whose idea it was.

In addition, it was Cathy's 40th birthday in 1997, and we both had recently gotten bifocals (yes, we are older than dirt). Dr. Walser, our optometrist, attended the party; she and her husband pretty much spent the night wondering who the hell these weird people were and why were they playing such bad music.

In spite of the admonition, we ended up with "extra" bad albums. Which we destroyed in a football-field bonfire during the local high school's I Hate Disco night. They never knew we'd brought something other than disco. The Doris Day albums burned a nice pink.

Although the invitation is in color, we still only had a black-and-white laser jet. The fine print on the back reads "No bratwursts were harmed in the filming of this card."

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