Daily Archives: 08/02/2009

(Community Matters) Celebrated Carol & Phillip Tomlinson’s 50th wedding anniversary yesterday in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art. It was a super evening, well attended by family & friends.

Craig, Phil, Carol & Steven Tomlinson

Craig, Christy & Chris Doering

Carol’s people: the Huggins
from 6:00 clockwise: Uncle Bud, Uncle Jack, Addy Lou, Aunt Vivian, Ethyl, Uncle Clarence, Aunt Ann (Carol’s twin), Uncle Warren Dean (Aunt Sara strolling & not pictured)

David & Bob Tomlinson

Steven & Beth

Hanah & Hilary singing for the event

Karen Stalcup & Sid Tomlinson

can’t believe didn’t get a picture of my sister-in-law Delise Tomlinson – she did 99.9% of the work for this event – and a fabulous job!

(Community Matters) a few pics from Dallas

Charles Santos

One of my best friends in the world & definitely the meanest! We trade barbs ruthlessly, though the real fear is when we gang up on another with practical jokes. oh my. karma worries me here

Charles runs TITAS in Dallas and is taking over programming at the new Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, the new multi-property, $354 million performing arts complex.

Ricky Bond

OMG, Ricky is the funniest, chattiest person in the entire world, also one of my best friends and Charles’ husband. Ricky really is the original Chelsea boy, which is where Charles first met him. Rick still had his antique shop in Rockefeller Center, flitted between Fire Island, Chelsea, the Jersey Shore and his parents home in Main Line Philadelphia. Ricky has uncountable degrees (seriously, several masters) and is today completing a doctorate in art history. He’s also a fabulous art teacher at an innercity school.

Kidrobot

There was a line three blocks long awaiting the opening of the Mockingbird station Kidrobot , the “planet Earth’s premier creator & retailer of limited edition toys, clothing, artwork & books.”

(Community Matters)
Deep in the heart of another red state. The invites for my in-law’s 50th anniversary include my name along their son’s just as our sister-in-law’s is included as a host along side her husband’s. And even though probably more than half the attendees at today’s celebration held at the museum are fundamentalist, conservative Christians who probably question our president’s nationality & religuous affiliation, I couldn’t be an iota more graciously accepted as a legitimate member of this family, as the spouse of the prodigal nephew, cousin, son of the governor’s cabinet member. If we insisted on a legal term, the discussion wouldn’t go well. But, it otherwise goes extraordinarily well. And, though there might have been a few years of growing pains, I couldn’t be any more proud & honored to be a family member. Happy 50th Anniversary Carol & Phillip Tomlinson. Posted from my blackberry. .