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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 <[log in to unmask]> 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 >