Jim and Chet!

Jim introduced me to his friend Chet last November when we went out after the Sigma Chi Parent-Pledge dinner on the Gateway Clipper! What a great night...he was so happy to take me out to meet his friends in Oakland...Bars I hadn't frequented since the 60's! This was the only time Jim and I ever went out for a "taste" and it will always be in my "highlight films" of memories! We went to Peter's...Hemingways... and a few more spots! In one place, the elderly bartender was so far behind....all the pledges and their families were there...everyone wanted their drink....now! So, leave it to Jimmy...he stepped behind the bar at the hotel...emptied the trash...stocked the beer... washed the glasses and made a few cocktails to help this gentleman get through the hectic night! It was a great time! As soon as he stepped back there to help...all the pledges and their parents started chanting...."JIMMY! JIMMY! JIMMY!" Jim always brought a little light to someone's life...even to that little bartender in Oakland one Friday night last November! At the end of the night Jim insisted I meet Chet, who I had heard so much about! Chet was great and we ended the night with Sambucca on the rocks and Jager Bombers(?) . It was a great night....singing Nelly together in the car and closing the bars in Oakland! We even saw a fight at Peter's....those rowdy WVU fans! This past March, I had the pleasure of meeting Chet once again! He made the most wonderful CD for me..."Close Your Eyes...and Hear Him Sing"! It is a mix of songs that Jim listened to and one's I used to hear him sing when while I was doing dishes at his apartment on Walnut...of course...that is another story...