Remembering 40 Years Ago

It's our 40th wedding anniversary, and we're basking in all the good wishes after I posted two of our wedding pictures on Facebook.
It's a low-key weekend. Tonight we're celebrating by going to Evelyn's 50th high school class reunion! She insisted we don't need to do it, but there's no reason not to go. Hey we do get dinner out of the deal, and Evelyn says this will probably be the last time she tries to see these friends from so long ago.
Some time ago I got a Groupon for the 360 Restaurant, the latest brand for the revolving restaurant atop the Radisson in Covington, Kentucky. It struck a chord with me, because that's the hotel where we spent our wedding night, and we ate dinner (sort of) at that restaurant after the wedding. (We had an evening wedding with a cake and punch reception. We were both exhausted after the long day, and, really, I don't think we ate much of the meal.)
The night holds several memories; the ones I'll report include the fact that our room, high above I-75 had a perfect view of a flashing liquor store sign in Covington; and I had a nightmare in the middle of the night and woke up hollering out loud in abject fear. The next morning Evelyn was sick to her stomach--a result of the new birth control pills. I distinctly remember her ordering toast and tea at a Jerry's restaurant in Kentucky as we made our way to Cumberland Falls State Park. Another highlight of the morning: a phone call to our hotel room from either Evelyn's mother or her brother (I forget which). They needed a key to her apartment so they could stash all our wedding gifts inside. Evelyn thought one of the bridesmaids had the key so they could run the errand the night before, but, alas, it was nowhere to be found. So we had a rendezvous with Evelyn's brother in the morning before we left town. (We tried to look and act normal when we met him.)
Friends . . . this is the real life stuff they just don't include in the romance novels!
Anyway, back to last night. To tell you the truth, we were underwhelmed by the restaurant. Same nice views as always, of course, and we enjoyed the panoramas.
But the food was just OK, and the service lacked a certain panache. Maybe we're just spoiled by all the attention we received on the cruise ship, but I don't think so. The dinner was OK at a discounted Groupon price, but this place isn't on our list for a return visit--even on a future anniversary.
It will be good to get some tasks around here done today and tomorrow, in between going to the shindig tonight and church tomorrow.
And I promise to post some more vacation pictures soon.