Awesome Blast from the Past

For all my Hamilton friends......look who met me for lunch today in Boulder!


DOUG SLONEKER

Doesn't he look just as yummy as ever!!!

And definitely still has that great sense of humor and joie de vive! And still doesn't take anything too seriously ..... how refreshing!

For all of us who were at our 10th year reunion, remember Doug singing/grooving a great Huey Lewis????? Made the entire event! That was the last time I saw/spent any time with Doug.

Let's see, 5th grade to today, someone else can do the math.....

I had a meeting in Boulder and decided to google Doug, just to see if I might have some contact options....and there was a snippet of his bio, "Ohio native, Miami University, etc etc etc..... and of course I knew I'd found him, and then, another site actually listed his cell phone number.

WOW!

So on my way to Boulder, I called him.
He answered, "this is Doug."
And I said, "Doug Sloneker?"
And he said, "yes!"
So I say, "Hi Doug, it's Pam Miller."

(And to his credit, there was only a slight down beat, and then)
he said, "Hi."
and I prompted, "Pam Miller from Hamilton....."
and then he said "oh, HI!!!! Wow, how are you???? How great that you are calling me!"

So he kindly did whatever he did to be available to drive from the Denver area to Boulder to spend some quality time with me, catching up, talking business, reminscing, etc..... And he sends his best to Tari, Terri, Denise, (Denise, he asks that we tell Andy that he did fix his car!) Lisa and Lisa. The Hamilton gang.

He's been married to Barb for 16 years, whom he met in a restaurant while on a date with a friend of Barb's, who left Doug after dinner with Barb! Magic! Barb owns her own business, importing and selling very high end plumbing fixtures to plumbers / contractors, mostly in the greater Denver area. Doug's parents are well and living in Oxford and also visit Maui on a regular basis! Doug says he golfs every month of the year - and continues to do well in the world of finance..... who knows, maybe he and I will be able to collaborate on a business venture at some point! Stranger things have happened!


We had a great time!