The Slice Guys, Remember, A Little Romance Goes A Long Way
Speaking of sending autumn leaves to people out of state….
Not long after Spokane’s Luis Montano met his wife-to-be, Marielena, during a trip he took to central Mexico in the 1980s, he started a long-distance courtship with her. And one of the things he did to woo her was write heartfelt poems on fallen leaves, which he carefully wrapped and mailed south. He used a calligraphy pen and India ink, not to mention his considerable flair for romance. “Ladies like that kind of stuff,” he said.
We must have missed their grand opening: “Recently we celebrated my daughter Heather’s fifth birthday,” wrote Lynn Weitz. “In trying to make it as special for her as we could, my wife asked what kind of cake she would like. With only a slight pause, she excitedly exclaimed ‘I want an ice cream cake from Basket of Robins.”’
No: You’re not the only one who signed up for HBO to see “Larry Sanders” just before the show went on extended hiatus.
Granny is a Democrat: A reader told us about how her toddler was making a sound close to “Dole” and how her mother corrected the child, saying “No, Clinton.”
Of course, the kid was probably making the Homer Simpson sound, “Doh.” But that’s beside the point.
Slice answer: One of our favorite reader responses to the question about what stop on the Monopoly game board Spokane would be was “Definitely not Free Parking.”
Here’s one the Swell Paper somehow missed: Beth Kehoe’s sister back home in Scotland sent her a clipping from a recent edition of a daily newspaper there. It featured a tiny filler about a woman here being fined for hanging out her underwear next to her husband’s. The printed item concludes “‘Immoral’ mixed undie drying is banned in Spokane, Washington, USA.”
We suspect this might have taken place long, long ago and wound up in a listing of anachronistic laws. But if you have any theories, we’re all ears. We would love to have an excuse to call Kehoe at her home in Mead and listen to her delightful accent again.
Warm-up question: Where would Spokane’s city center rank in a list of America’s scariest downtowns? (Our pick: 114th.)
Today’s Slice question: Who are the Inland Northwest’s most obnoxious parents?
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