Ex Club Visits the Fireside Winery

Every once and a while we feel the need to party. Of course it needs to be in a time slot that will not interfere with a Buckeyes game. So September 19th was chosen because the Buckeyes were to play in Pittsburgh the following day. It was also a milestone for one of our former, past presidents, The Hopper , as it was the 65th anniversary of his birth. So it was decided, we would throw a grand traveling birthday party for him. He and his bride failed to show....but we partied anyway.

We hired a motorcoach and headed north towards Willaimsburg where our first stop was the Fireside Winery which had music and wine for our consumption.

Papa Marcos was sporting a very retro leather sport coat which seemed to have chick magnet characteristics. Even the funeral mourners couldn't keep their hands off.

After awhile it was decided we should make an unscheduled stop at the Sundown Lounge since our tables were not yet ready for dinner. We soon made some friends at this drinkatoriium and enjoyed the outside deck.

The magic time arrived when we would venture back to the bus for a very short ride to Myers Grill. We appreciated the local police escort which allowed for our safe exit from the motorcoach.

Our hosts Mike Myers and the Sarah Palin lookalike, Tammy Strudthoff did not let us down. After a quick trip back to the bus for supplies we sat down to Prime Rib Dinner. Some of the Ex Clubers brought in some wine from our first stop and others settled for a much "needed" pre-dinner cocktail.

If you have not visited Myers Grill , I would highly recommend it. I'm not sure if they have the kitchen in the dining room or you simply dine in the kitchen...It just doesn't matter as this all takes place in the owners garage. (Where does he put his cars?)

After anyone who wanted to leave a message on the walls or ceiling, we jumped back into the motorcoach for our return.