Reunion - part 1

Friday afternoon, Jill and I headed to Houston for my high school reunion happy hour at Escalante's (owned by one of our classmates' family). It was good seeing everyone after so many years, but it was also a bit surreal. My favorite moment happened as we walked into the room where the party took place. A woman greeted me as we walked in. She mentioned that it had been so long since she last saw me. Then she gave me a big hug. Then she looked at my name tag. Then she exclaimed, "Oh, it's you Alvin! - how great to see you again!" Granted, there were only a handful of Asian men in our graduating class, but do we really all look alike?

After the happy hour, Ron, Jeremy, Jill and I went over to Cyclone Anaya's for a late dinner:



The next morning (Saturday), Jill and I met my family at a Japanese restaurant. Actually, Jill had already met everyone in my family at least once, but this was her first time to meet my dad. I, on the other hand, had met my dad and my family several times.



My high school reunion proper was Saturday night, but we had to drive back to Austin, so I could ride in the Livestrong ride Sunday morning in Dripping Springs. I rode with the Dell team, which had probably a hundred member riders, but the only one I recognized was Dustin. He did the 90 mile route, while I rode the 65 mile version.