What began as loose dinner plans blossomed into a reunion of sorts. Last night at Sophabella’s Susan and I had dinner with Andy and his wife Lea, Jeff and his wife Heather, and Scott and his girlfriend Dana. To give you an idea of the history sitting around that table, I met Andy when I was 4 years old, Scott when I was 6, and Jeff when I was 12. That means I’ve known all of them at least 20 years, and Andy for 30.

The last time the four of us were in the same room was at Andy’s bachelor party earlier this year; I couldn’t tell you when the last time was before that. What’s crazy is, the four of us live less than five miles from one another. It’s not distance that keeps these get togethers from happening — it’s jobs, and kids, and schedules, and logistics. Fortunately for all of us things fell into place last night and I think I can speak for everybody when I say that we all had a good time. We made a pact last night to do this more often, and I plan on making sure that happens.