Dan Demorest:  

Life Hey, Grenadiers! It's Dan (or Buddy to my oldest friends). After HS I went to college in Tampa, then 4 yrs in the Navy. I have four sons, Greg 40, Brian 39 and twin 17 yr olds, Dalton and Daniel. The twins and I live in Augusta, GA. I'm a single Dad (Whew!!). I WAS married 3 times. I have 17 yrs in restaurant management for Dunderbak's, Chi-Chi's, Olive Garden, King George Pub, Bertucci's, Cracker Barrel and now, I'm a manager with Ryan's Steakhouse. I'd like to hear from anyone that remembers me. So,what are you waiting for?? Dusty (that's flashes of white) brown hair, green eyes, 175#, 5'9" witty to silly. Write when you can. I'd love to hear from you! Dan School I can't believe my first entry was lost!! Oh, well .. TEACHERS! Wilmouth (Mr and Mrs), Braddy(8th/History-most inspiring), Sawtell (8th/Science), Cone(creative writing), Beutlich(shop), Reigel(12th/Eng.[most embarrassing moment]), Bryant (Span/12th[other most embarrassing]), Story(taught me to read Reader's Digest), Sasser(didn't have him, but the rumors were 'choice'), Miles, Harman, all left me memories! CRUSHES! I came to Colonial with Bonnie Linderman anchoring my heartstrings and left loving Karen D'Ercole, who remains. I still have notes she left with me when we broke up. MOST EMBARRASSING! .. Mr. Bryant(Span.)confiscated a note for Linda and read it in his slow, sarcastic way in front of the class. I got tears in my eyes(!)MORTIFIED!! Poor Linda was ROSY red! My most horrifying memory was when Jack Anderson, Donna Wimbish's ex at the time, was beating the crap out of a guy that was paying attention to her. Who remembers THAT DAY? College In college, I had two roommates. We lived in a huge house (on a main drag) that was blocked off into three apartments. We lived in the LARGEST apartment with a fireplace we couldn't use, but it looked great. Originally, I lived in the smallest, in the rear. It was a bedroom, with a bath. I brought in a hot plate and bought a small frig. It was cozy! Mary Reardon, big crush, had to sit on the edge of the bed to watch TV on our first date. After my friends decided to share the big apt. when it was open, we used to go across the street to an all-night pool parlor. We'd play til 6 AM and then, try to go to classes. Sometimes we didn't make it. I joined a fraternity, Rho Kappa Sigma, and we had parties. That's a great feeling in college. Tampa was cool, because the beach was right there. I loved the water. I miss the ocean here in Augusta. We only have a huge lake that borders both GA and SC. It's packed in the warm months. Remember going to New Symrna and Cocoa beach? Gasparilla Day in Jan/Feb was fun in Tampa! It's a lot like Mardi Gras. But, not as "revealing". There's a big parade and beads are tossed at the bystanders. The theme is Piracy .. celebrating Jose Garpar's capture of the city of Tampa in like 1700 something. I tasted my first lobster in Tampa. We sprung for a fine dining experience once, but most of the time we'd walk two streets over to a little Italian buffet and gorge ourselves on some tomato/pasta dish with hamburger and the best bread ever! When it was gone, it was gone, so we raced after our last class. It was very popular with the rest of the students too. It wasn't 'our secret'. Military The year was 1969. I had completed two years of college in Tampa and,...Expand for more