We had one day off a week – Mondays. Laurie ended up acting as our tour guide director. There would be no lethargy! One Monday we took a tour of all the Ithaca waterfalls. One Monday we hiked up to Cornell. We reveled in our days off. Laurie did a little research on the wine country surrounding Ithaca and suggested that we do a little wine-tasting tour. It was October, the leaves were aflame … it would be great to see the countryside. Ken’s girlfriend had come to visit (it’s a hard life being in an out-of-town show when your girlfriend is back in Chicago and the rest of the cast has coupled up!!) so he didn’t come with us.
But on that flaming red and orange October day, Laurie and Pat (who had started dating as well) and Michael and I got into Pat’s beat-up car and set out to do some wine-tasting!
We were on a field trip! We were giddy!
Here we are starting out on our journey.
Please notice that I am wearing the same shirt I wore in the backstage photo, as well as in the card-playing photo, as well as in the seesaw photo earlier. I loved that shirt as much as I loved my soft blanket I had when I was a kid. The shirt was a soft plushy flannel, it was comfortable, and I pretty much never took it off. Oh, and Michael – who had never had a taste of alcohol before – dribbled wine down on his shirt during the subsequent tour and had to change his clothes. The sight of Michael getting tipsy for the first time was one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life.
Sheila, you’re just such a hottie in this pic! My fave :)
I am barely on speaking terms with a comb, apparently.
Believe it or not I am not hungover, drunk, or coming off a bender – even though I look like I am!!