Celebrating life and friendships never gets old
From left, couples Ed and Mike Hatter, Art and Nancy Flagan and Warren and Linda Bakes pose for a photo at Tony’s on the Lake for their annual birthday celebration Monday.
Kerri Thoreson photo
On Monday, I met up with the Birthday Boys and their best girls on the lakeview patio at the iconic Coeur d’Alene restaurant, Tony’s. For the 51st year, they were celebrating their August birthdays together and graciously invited me to join them for happy hour. When I first began penning this column for the Tribune in the early 1990s and later The Press, I would occasionally wish friends a happy birthday, especially if it was a milestone. Through the years, readers began sending me birthdays to include and for the past couple of decades, the Main Street Birthday Club has grown to over 2,000 annually. I love birthdays and being alive is certainly something to celebrate!
Early on, I learned that my friend, Art Flagan, and a couple of his good friends shared August birthdates close together. In 1974, these fellows were in their 30s when they first began marking the occasion together over half a century ago.
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