Hi Dave – Ted is living in Orange County an hour south of where I am in Burbank. We met up at one of Ted’s favorite haunts – Spaghettini Grill & Lounge in Seal Beach – cool and happening jazz bar http://www.spaghettini.com/. We discussed love, life, politics, ex wives and ex girlfriends, former jobs, family and the merits of his ten day fast. Being on day number five, he drank only tea and watched me eat a very nice dish of spaghetti and meat balls.
Also, we revisited some of our adventures together including our summer working on a dude ranch in Colorado (Jay Dinsmore also participated.) Ted reminded me of our misadventures hitchhiking including being picked up by a drunk Indian (native am) just outside of Ship Rock, NM and having to dive out of the back of the El Camino to escape certain death (see map to know this desert area was not a good idea for hitchhiking in the first place http://tinyurl.com/4qqmsl9). Ted looks really good and I hope to take him to my favorite Chinese Dim Sum restaurant soon.