21st Birthday

My mother who was in her 50s and father who was in his 60’s and afraid of heights. gave me a special birthday dinner at Stouffers Riverfront Inn. Of course the revolving restaurant was the real appeal. My father loved to dance so he and I would get on the dance floor while mother watched us. The only problem was that the outer edge, about 8 inches in depth did not rotate while the seating area did. As many others experienced,,she set her purse on the 8 inch outer ring. Of course she just rotated away, leaving the purse behind. After some embarrassed hunting we were able to track it down. Sadly a while later, when she and my father were dancing it happened again. This time a kind waiter helped us on our hunt. The third time my mother for asked me and the waiter just to hunt for it on the sly, so dad never knew.

1971-08-05

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