Connie Kroll Palladino

Life continues to be a good journey filled with wonderful friends, a loving family, a very satisfying career and good health. My husband and I have not yet retired but find time to smell the roses, keep up with our 7 grandchildren and enjoy our home in Monte Sereno and our get-a-away cottage in Carmel close to the beach and near downtown.

Many wonderful fun stories. One was New Years Eve, either senior yr. or freshman in college when Santa Claus dissappeared from the lobby of Donna Reynolds parents apartment near Lake Merritt. Our dates had decided that Santa needed to go on a little trip to Oregon. Fortunately or unfortunately Santa didn't get that far before he was tracked down by many!!!!!
Another was a little gathering that a group of us had one night after we had returned from SF all feeling no pain. It was around 11:30 and we gals were due home no later than 12:00. As we sipped on some delicious red wine we heard the police sirens rushing down the hill towards us. We all decided we had better get rid of our bottles and fast so over the hill they went. Not all made it however as one bottle came flying back and landed at the feet of a policeman. Needless to say, this did not go over very well and off the boys went with the police and we gals somehow got home from what I remember but certainly not on time.