Webb has homecoming in the spring. This year we used free tickets to fly out and go for the first official 'reunion year' of the Class of 2002. Nick and Anthony came with Bonnie and Elizabetta, so it was a great time. We got in late Friday/early Saturday; others arrived Saturday morning. We had a self-guided campus tour, watched a demonstration in the tow tank, and went to Marra's for a great lunch. The afternoon was a little odd: we split and the alums went to an alumni association meeting while the ladies went to a social reception at the President's house. We met again for cocktail hour and dinner seating. After a great dinner from Pete, it was over to Alumni Gym for "Arsenic and Old Lace," followed by (what else?) an after-party in the Brocket Arms.
Sunday, when the east coast residents had headed out, we piled into the rental car and made a day out of Long Island's best. Oyster Bay, Sagamore Hill, Huntington (great lunch, a little shopping, an exploding manhole), and Ocean Parkway (Fire Island, Jones Beach, etc) made a full day. Back at Webb we retraced my Sunday afternoon campus walk from 1998-2002... many changes, upgrades, dilapidations, and stagnations but still a fine way to wrap a great weekend.
Monday, May 21, 2007