Memories.....

Do you remember the song by Paul Anka:  The Times of Your Life....?  I listened to it today and although I've heard is hundreds of time I really, really listened to the lyrics this time.  I guess I'm feeling very nostalgic...you see I belong to Facebook and today I received a request to join the group The Green Parrot.

Those of you not familiar with the Green Parrot most likely have no idea what I am talking about.  But, suffice it to say, the Green Parrot was truly the best hole-in-the-wall dive in this entire world....I spent many weekend nites there during my senior year at Notre Dame High School (Class of '71).  You didn't have to worry if you were the legal age or not (18 at the time), because no one ever carded you....you walked in, searched thru the crowd, found your friends and ordered a Stroh's (draft) beer.....the juke box was always playing the latest songs, people were either dancing or throwing up (and sometimes both at the same time, if memory serves me correctly).  And when someone played "Country Roads" by John Denver we hugged each other, sang with him and cried.....that was our National Anthem!

We had so much fun.....no one ever worried about what trials and tribulations Monday morning would bring.  Who cared??  

The Green Parrot is no longer at the foot of Bridgeport Hill on Rt. 50.....but in our hearts it is still reelin' and rockin'......