Friday, December 16, 2005
Coincidental Collision #1: Twin Lakes football and the Blue Front ribs
Coincidental meetings are my specialty. Today the father of a patient tells me that he grew up in Florida. I asked where and he said West Palm Beach. I said, well, I used to write news and sports in West Palm Beach for the Palm Beach Post in the mid-80s. Well, he said, I went to Twin Lakes High School, right around the corner from the newspaper building. Were you a tight end on the football team, I asked? The answer, of course, was yes, or I wouldn't be writing this. You were pretty good, if I remember. The dad told me he played 2 years at Morehouse.
Do you remember a really good BBQ joint on Palm Beach Lakes called the Blue Front, I asked. The owner died and his daughter had to close it down. My father and I used to be the only whites in there, whenever we visited, which was frequently. The Blue Front was the place to go for ribs, period. All the time, he said, and BTW, that daughter is now a client of my insurance business and lives nearby (south of Atlanta).
Coincidence #2 coming soon. Anyone out there with similar stories?
Do you remember a really good BBQ joint on Palm Beach Lakes called the Blue Front, I asked. The owner died and his daughter had to close it down. My father and I used to be the only whites in there, whenever we visited, which was frequently. The Blue Front was the place to go for ribs, period. All the time, he said, and BTW, that daughter is now a client of my insurance business and lives nearby (south of Atlanta).
Coincidence #2 coming soon. Anyone out there with similar stories?
