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Show "You know, the nearer your destination, the more you're slip-sliding away".... Thank you, Paul Simon. It was a week-end of sli-sliding here in Park City. Saturday, was the opening of fishing season. Fellow reporter. Nan Chalat, went to cover the event and saw her share of fish go slip-sliding away. By the end of the day however, she came home with three fish. Gifts from generous, lucky, fishermen. - Also on Saturday, I tried out the Alpine Slide. I listened to the delighted squeels (I think they were my own) of kids and kids grown tall playing on the slide. Pokey Richardson Jias a great amusement there; the gorgeous mountain setting for picnicking, live music, live potguts, and a thrilling ride... Tom Distad entertainer, entertain-er, and waiter at Adophs will be the one humming over the hamburgers at the new barbeque up at the top of the Alpine Slide. And when the last buns are done, Tom will get to slip-slide down the mountain...(nearer his destination, des-tination, I suspect.) Saturday night, Mike and Dianne Vance, hosted and toasted a Thank-God-The-School-Year's Over party. Coincidently, those guests that lived closest were the ones spotted slip-sliding away. As the evening pro gressed (or regressed, depending de-pending on your vantage point) the lethal punch was seen to take effect. Nearly 100 guests celebrated, and in true Park City fashion, neigociated as well. Councilman Coun-cilman Bob Wells was overheard to discuss with, host City-Planner Mike Vance the far reaching consequences of having the tortilla chips placed at arms length from the guacamole... Saving the day was Realtor Harry Reed. He deftly managed to subdivide the table, re-locate the guaco-mole guaco-mole and put the crab fondue in a place of prominence. (Fabulous fondue.. .simply fabulous, who brought that anyway?) Guest after guest tried to top one another bringing edible delights (Luckily, no one chose that inovative stand-by, Lipton Onion Soup Dip). ..Shirley and Rocky Smith made a delayed entrance.,. Rocky 's family is here visiting from Seattle. Shirley's donation was a delicate quiche which a few people were able to sample before the indelicate guest snatched up five pieces (but who's counting, right?) ...Betsy Smith and Sharon Reed were button-holed by the parent who wanted to hear her child was perfectly normal (emphasis on the perfect) Ah, teachers, there's no escaping, is there?... It was insisted (read here forced) that I try the schussy, a raw fish dish. I was tempted to utter a few raw words as well but after another glass of punch I forgot the taste... I was even invited to hike the Inca trails in Peru in September, (or was it the Alaskan Pipeline in January?)... more on that in a future column.., Phycho-logically Phycho-logically the evening was a success, too. ..Patty Boals school phychologist, and I discussed , the needs of the community. Such terms as disturbed, gifted, hyperactive, hyperac-tive, and off-the-wall, were all deemed valid.. .It was the official opening of the social season in Park City. That coupled with the opening of softball season the very next early morning, made a few plays that were seen to be slip-sliding away... Perhaps next year Dianne, you can plan the party a day or two apart from that nine, o'clock opener. Well, the season's open... take your pick; Fishing season. The Social season Softball and solarcaine season. It promises to have a few of us slip-sliding away, now and then. Strike a vein?... Whatever your summer destination, des-tination, pleasure or pleasures, plea-sures, as Bogie said in Casablanca, "Here's looking at you, kid!" Happy summer.. Jamie. |