Youngest construction son and his fiance went to the 'Titanic' event. As part of the interactive drama... each person is given the name of a passenger at the beginning of the tour.
You get to check the passenger list at the end to see what happened to... Benjamin Guggenheim and Mrs. John Thayer...a.k.a. Mrs. Marian Longstreth Thayer.
In the tradition of the day, it was normal to identify a woman by her husbands' name by just putting Mrs. in front of it. In today's world that would be strange indeed.
Right smack dab in the middle of dealing with old folks who still have enough chutzpah to tell off their kids, who are hardly kids anymore... you can still have a birthday party and enjoy the treasure of a happy time. Oh, and yes, a middle of March snow storm that cancels some flights and delays others just adds to the excitement all around as it strands people in the country who are trying to get into the city and...
it strands people in the city who are trying to get into the country.
We'll just call it all a mixed blessing weekend!
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