09.21.07
Happy Birthday, Mom
Birthday Cake with Photo of the Bath Club
It’s my mom’s birthday today, and I’m bummed to not be in the States to celebrate! The cake above was from her 50th birthday bash, and has a picture of the old Tides Bath Club on it. The Bath Club was a classic Florida resort in North Redington Beach where from the 1940s to the 1960s all the stars used to vacation (Miss America, Marilyn Monroe…). It’s also where my mom spent her childhood learning how to be an Olympic swimmer, even jumping off the high-dive for a Fourth of July celebration at the age of 2.
Other birthdays today include authors H.G. Wells (1866), Fannie Flagg (1944), and Stephen King (1947), as well as actor Bill Murray (1950) who in 1991 played in one of our family favorites, What About Bob?
Thinking of you and wishing you a happy day!
At a delicious St. Paul Thai restaurant this summer