You know how it is.  You are sitting, minding your own business, surfing the internet (they still say surfing the internet, don’t they?) and you stumble on an old friend who it appears is only steps away, visiting the town that you now call home.  Tonight, David and I went to Wang’s in the Desert for Happy Hour with Shawn Churchman and his partner Tom.  It was great to have an evening out, and even better to meet Tom and catch up with Shawn.  Shawn and I both work for NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players, and he also worked at Edwards & Edwards for a while.

For some unexpected reason, Shawn and I have loads of people in common.  We talked about John Kissack, Michael Baron, Mary Millben and of course all the NYGASP folks (or at least the important ones).  It was kind of comical when we talked about Vermont, and he said that he had worked at the Old Castle Theatre in Bennington, and he asked if we had seen My Fair Lady.  We did, and the music director was a former boyfriend, and we laughed at the fact that he stayed with my Dad’s lady friend Judy.  Dad, you should tell Judy!  Also, the Henry Higgins was a friend of his as well.  We didn’t get a chance to talk about Stephen Nachamie who we also have in common.  It was also great to hear about his latest project, a new musical he is writing.

Now mind you, I haven’t seen Shawn since the early/mid 90’s and he is now living in Oklahoma City.  It was a nice evening, and we split and went our different ways for dinner.  I always remember after the fact, but I should have taken a picture.  David and I ended up at the Greek place that I went to a few weeks ago.  The evening was so beautiful, and it was great to sit outside and eat in the courtyard.  Earlier in the day, I did my softball shopping and am now all set to begin this next adventure.