2009 SPRING DINNER

ASH and their friends gathered at Moran’s Chelsea Restaurant in Manhattan on May 30 for the annual spring meeting. Unfortunately the Principal Unprincipled Adventuress could not be with us, but M.E. Rich chaired the meeting with her customary panache.

The traditional ASH toasts were given as follows: Mickey Fromkin, The Queen; Carol Cavalluzzi, Irene Adler; Marina Stajic, Sherlock Holmes; Herb Tinning, Dr. Watson; Lyndsay Faye, Friendship; Philip Shreffler, ACD. Judith Freeman honored the late Joe Fink by reading some of his brilliant riffs from Pound Notes. Our special toasts were of an equine nature: Warren Randall, Silver Blaze; Jeffrey Bradway, Shoscombe Prince; Marilynne McKay, the stable staff.

Susan Rice’s reflections on the beginning of ASH and BSI will be found in this issue, as will M.E. Rich’s discourse on “civil practice”—which might not be quite what you expected. Allan Devitt, Francine Kitts, and Susan Diamond also gave a presentation which will appear in a subsequent issue. And, of course, the meeting concluded with the traditional ASH songs.