4 years later we were still going strong. I celebreated my 40th bday with a week down in South Beach. The first night Rick was there he made sure we had the whole experience, walking into any type of bar we saw, not caring what it was. Because it was all about the fun of it.
One of my favorite memories of the trip was when there was a lag in our crowd for a couple of days and it was just the two of us hanging out. We were eating lunch at Johnny Rockets when who sits next to us, but Jose Canseco! It was almost like the scene from Seinfeld when Kramer was trying to get Joe Dimaggio’s attention. At one point, when Jose stood up to pull out his wallet, Rick stood up so he was standing beside him (this was before the days of selfies). I found out Rick was sizing himself up against Jose. Rick is a pretty big guy but was totally dwarfed. After Jose left we were chatting up our waitress who told us what a terrible tipper he is, And that she dates Alex Rodriguez (yeah, you and a hundred others).
One of my favorite memories of the trip was when there was a lag in our crowd for a couple of days and it was just the two of us hanging out. We were eating lunch at Johnny Rockets when who sits next to us, but Jose Canseco! It was almost like the scene from Seinfeld when Kramer was trying to get Joe Dimaggio’s attention. At one point, when Jose stood up to pull out his wallet, Rick stood up so he was standing beside him (this was before the days of selfies). I found out Rick was sizing himself up against Jose. Rick is a pretty big guy but was totally dwarfed. After Jose left we were chatting up our waitress who told us what a terrible tipper he is, And that she dates Alex Rodriguez (yeah, you and a hundred others).
One of my favorite memories of the trip was when there was a lag in our crowd for a couple of days and it was just the two of us hanging out. We were eating lunch at Johnny Rockets when who sits next to us, but Jose Canseco! It was almost like the scene from Seinfeld when Kramer was trying to get Joe Dimaggio’s attention. At one point, when Jose stood up to pull out his wallet, Rick stood up so he was standing beside him (this was before the days of selfies). I found out Rick was sizing himself up against Jose. Rick is a pretty big guy but was totally dwarfed. After Jose left we were chatting up our waitress who told us what a terrible tipper he is, And that she dates Alex Rodriguez (yeah, you and a hundred others).
I mention this because I believe this is a talent I acquired from Rick. Talk to anyone and everyone and you will get a good story while making new friends.
Oh yeah (the memories keep flooding in!) during that trip we went scuba diving. Rick had inspired me to get certified. While a few of us were doing a coral dive, Rick started poking his fingers in the crevasses trying to grab a lobster. The lobster won and cut his finger. Realize, this was just a couple of minutes after a shark went blazing by us. Rick, just being Rick, gave us an unexpected adrenaline rush as we went into panic mode looking for that shark.
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