We never need a reason to hang out and see one another, but sometimes the stars align and doing so just makes sense. In this particular case, we had two out of towners in town. John Flinn in from Portland and Becky Gessert visiting from D.C.
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To extend our time together, Mark & Rex (who couldn’t make it on Saturday) hosted a wonderful soiree the following Friday evening.
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