April 30, 2022 Lunch - Black’s BBQ at UT Law School. Dinner - 1970 Law Class Reunion
Today was all about reacquainting with old Law School Members of the class of 1970.
We did not have to think about food because every meal was catered except for breakfast.
We woke up and dressed and drove to the old Laguna Gloria. The gallery is closed and now there is Ed Marcus’ sculpture garden and an art school and a small cafe.
It started to rain, so Suzette ordered a coffee and I ordered a chai latte and we split a snickerdoodle cookie.
Then we drove to the Law School at 10:30 after a brief driving tour of the campus.
When we walked into the atrium between the old 1953 building and the new building with the Tarlton Library I immediately saw George Martinez, who was my partner in an environmental law seminar. We immediately began talking about our class and other remembrances. I felt right at home. We took a tour at the law school at 11:30 and then separated because I wanted to see our old class rooms. After viewing the class rooms Suzette and I had our pictures taken and then went through a BBQ buffet line and pulled a table into the shade so we would not burn up. Since the sun has come out. We were served smoked hot links, turkey, and beef brisket plus green beans, Cole slaw, and Mac and cheese.
I took a slice of Mrs. Baird’s bread and sliced onions and made a sandwich by wrapping the bread around several slices of brisket and some onion slices. I drank sweet tea. Alcohol is not allowed on campus.
Professor Stanley Johanson and his wife sat down beside us in the shade. He is the longest serving faculty member, having begun his tenure in 1963.
Stanley and Gina Johanson with me
We had a lovely conversation and he even brought me a peach cobbler. I think faculty are requested to be solicitous toward returning alumni because most of them support the Law School and UT financially.
After lunch we drove to the Blanton Museum of Art on campus. Everything is so built up it is amazing.
We toured the permanent exhibit floor. There were two paintings that impressed me, a 1930 Raymond Jonson painting and a 1922 Marsden Hartley painting in the Rio Grande series with the large broken log in the foreground and the NM hills in the background.
We got tired by 2:30 so we returned to our Apartment and napped until 5:00, when we dressed and drove to the Stephen F. Austin Hotel for dinner.
Suzette was amazed that out of 400 students only about 20 showed up.
I enjoyed talking to several of my classmates. Much of the talk was about how they maneuvered their way around the draft to get into law school, except the two or three of us who were 1-Y, permanently deferred for medical reasons.
The dinner was lovely, Cesar salad, squash and roasted carrots, beef tenderloin slices with a bourbon cream sauce, and polenta. Suzette had a chicken breast instead of beef, having exceeded her beef limit at lunch.
We discovered that the open bar was pouring 2019 Argyle Pinot
Noir and we spread the word and several of us started drinking Pinot. That is the reason I chose beef over chicken. Suzette wanted to eat outside so we took our plates to the baloney overlooking Congress Ave. with an unobstructed view of the Capitol.
It was still humid but it was very enjoyable to eat in the evening after the sun set.
After dinner we drank additional glasses of Argyle Pinot and talked until 10:00, when we said goodbye and drove back to the apartment and went to bed.
Bon Appetit
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