Hospitality by Babcock's and Talbott's hard to beat, says Jack & Joe.
Jack responded nicely to last year's theme party with his snazzy Polyester
Leisure Suit, but neither of us likely have ever had black silk pajamas and
smoking jackets.
Sorry we are going to miss it this year.
Joe (A)
> Shaping up to be way too much fun. The racing schedule is downright
> daunting. Qualifying, two practices, four races and the Battle of Britain
> Handicap Race. Literally hours of track time.
>
> Looks like the overwhelming majority of the Saturday night block party
> attendees are coming in vintage outfits. The vintage clothing stores in
> Portland and Seattle have done a booming business. I tried to buy a smoking
> jacket (I'm going as Hugh Hefner--with my own collection of Bunnies) on
> Saturday, and every place I went to the owners were blown away by how much
> business they've been having. Should be very cool.
>
> On Friday we're having four CanAm cars in downtown Portland, including a
> STREET LEGAL T70! We're going to take some reporters and anchors for laps
> around the Portland Park Blocks. I haven't exactly cleared all this with the
> police. My next posting might be from the jail library.
>
> We're going to have a houseful of friends, family and guests. Ought to be
> pretty wild around here. I'm going to try to take Peyote to the track in the
> Airstream, even though it's not actually done. If the tongue weight is
> reasonable I'll use it and just tie everything down--it's a short trip to
> PIR. It's not exactly registered yet--another thing that might lead to the
> slammer. Ah well, you've got to have a little risky biz, especially if
> you're going to a party with 1200 people in a pair of black silk PJs and a
> smoking jacket.
>
> If you're within reasonable flying or driving distance and trying to figure
> out what to do for Labor day, then come. You can camp out in the back yard,
> or the airstream, or maybe the couch. The house is _REALLY_ full.
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