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Worlds Colliding

My friend Lew is one interesting cat. He grew up in Northern Virginia, attended Mary Washington College (now the U of MW), and landed here in Norfolk after marrying one of the best friends of one of my wives. (Still not one of my favorite expressions.) The dude's occupation, if you had to nail it down... inventor.

He's worked for tech companies and done lots of jobs. He's got patents on various devices, including a cool man-overboard device from a decade or so ago. In his spare time he distills whiskey, enjoys papal ballots and the Ip Man film series, goes to shows of various kinds (he loves GWAR and Phish), and generally is one of the more interesting people with whom I can hang out around this town.

I used to hang out with Lew more, but busy schedules and divorces often get in the way. His in-laws are super-Greek and own one of the best sports bars/Athenian restaurants in town, and I used to spend Greek Easter at their place enjoying lamb, Ouzo, lamb, Mythos, and lamb. Seriously... out back of the house they have an attached brick rotisserie where the lamb was on a spit, and for an appetizer we had lamb chops. Opa!

We do still get to hang out on occasion and get after it... it's been long enough since D2 that his wife and I are friendly again and he and I can be idiots shotgunning beers on the beach or enjoying gelatinous party favors whilst manning the fire pit in out buddy's back yard.

I used to go to concerts with Lew a bunch as well. Back when people did such things. We would see Pink Talking Fish, Umphrey's McGee, The Cult, or whoever was playing at either the Norva or the Portsmouth amphitheater. 

What was most fun was when he would drive his spare vehicle to the shows. I remember a Phish show and a few others where he would dust off his baby: a 1965 Land Rover 109 Series IIA Dormobile. Awesome, bumpy, open air fun.

I titled this post what I did because I just saw a social media post of his that says: "I'm going to miss having a vehicle with a hand crank, but hopefully another family can have just as much fun as we did with the Dormobile." 

And now it's up at Bring a Trailer.

No Reserve: 1965 Land Rover 109 Series IIA Dormobile

I can drive it to you if you buy it! (I think.)