2014 AUTUMN LUNCHEON

November 16, 2014—65 ASH and friends gathered at Tony’s di Napoli Restaurant for the Autumn Luncheon. The traditional toasts were given: Mickey Fromkin to Victoria Regina, M.E. Rich to Irene Adler, Beth Austin to Sherlock Holmes, Tamar Zeffren to John H. Watson, Maggie Schnader to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Kate Karlson to Friendship.

Special toasts to the Canon and Italy were given by John Baesch (Pope Leo XIII), Elaine Coppola (Italian and Latin literature in the Canon), Al Gregory (Naples), and Nick Martorelli (Douglas Maberley). Many of these toasts and papers will appear in this and subsequent issues of the Muse.

Ev Herzog read greetings from ASH Patricia Guy in Verona, Italy and, in addition to the traditional ASH songs, Marina Stajic introduced Evy, Mickey, and M.E. for a performance of “Fascinatin’ Bitch” in memory of Maureen Green.