Love it, Mary!!  But you give me too much credit!  All I do is wave
my magic wand and some good fairy does all the work for me! (I WISH)
<giggle>

Hugs....


Barb


-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Yost <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
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Date: Saturday, November 07, 1998 1:47 AM
Subject: On the Town with Barb Mallut


>Barb has really started something.  Her "Parkies On the Town"
evenings are
>becoming magnets for PWP's in the Los Angeles area.  And she's
pulled this
>off charmingly with little apparent effort.
>
>So consider trying this in your own community, though without the
>incomparable Ms.Mallut, it  would have to be an approximation.
>
>She simply makes a few phone calls to some modestly-priced
restaurants,
>making sure there's convenient parking and accessibility, and asks
them to
>hold a large table for us.   She emails a Barbaraesque announcement
>including directions to the person putting out our monthly bulletin
(which
>is myost, who's always running late... but  sprints with the 200
flyers to
>the mailbox with seconds to spare).
>
>Then on the first Saturday evening of the month,  she shows up early
all
>dolled up, and plants her "PD" sign on the reserved table.   Los
Angelinos
>assume that's a reference to Police Department, so they clear away
rather
>quickly, giving us breathing room. (Just kidding.    I think.)  Then
people
>show up.  There are some regulars but the size of the gang,
including
>caregivers of course,  is  unpredictable.  Last month we numbered
25.   We
>order supper, laugh and have a great time,  keep our dyskinetic
neighbors
>from falling into the soup, and divvy up the check.   Everyone
sincerely
>thanks hostess Barbara.
>
>November's On the Town is tonight:
>El Paso Bar B Q
>18948 Ventura Blvd.
>Tarzana
>7:00 pm
>
>Of course we do tell people in each restaurant what "PD" means.  So
a
>satisfying "side effect" of Barb's venture is to raise awareness of
>Parkinson's Disease.  Naturally she's expanding her efforts to a
Lunch
>Bunch once a month. Brava, Barbara Mallut!
>
>Mary Yost, 50/ diag. 1990, sinemet, mirapex, tasmar and an
occasional dram
>of champagne
>