There are just some wonderful characters in radio. Lyle Evans was certainly one of them. Those Green Bay characters have to include Al Knight. Al picked up legions of the ugliest women in Door County and enticed them into spending time with him by taking them on a tour of the radio station while I was on the air. Several times he brought along an extra "for me" but I would rather have poked my eye with needles. If you remember, our morning man had time to read the bible while music was playing...I think I have mentioned that to this day the record for the dirtiest joke I've ever heard goes to our Chief Engineer at WDUZ.

I have been to the Gilroy Garlic Festival twice. The first time I hated it cuz it was hot and I was crabby and the drive to Gilroy from Modesto had been terrifying. I swore I would never join the hundreds of thousands of participants again..but....I did. The second time I went there on the train and as anyone who knows me understands....anything involving a train is wonderful. California has so many festivals it is difficult to keep track. And of course, in San Francisco, they have neighborhood festivals almost one per week. The most famous is the most scandalous, the Folsom Street Festival. I worked a booth once at the Folsom Street Festival handing out free condoms. Truly it was the peak of my career. There is a popular North Beach eatery, the Stinking Rose. Lots of garlic and lots of tourists but really good. Speaking of Chili John's.....never understood the noodles. Must have been a Belgium thing. Now the Blackstone....I could easily travel back in time for one of their hot beef sandwiches. But...what was that weird hamburger place in downtown Green Bay? I think there were a couple of them around town and they sort of were holes in the wall like Chili John's. Kind of a buy them by the bagful place.

I always enjoy a walk down memory lane. I must leave now and meet someone at Old Country Buffet. I try to get there a half hour early so I can get a salad and get a head start. Later....R