Happy Hour With Wally At Brio

I met my friend Wally for happy hour at Brio, an upscale restaurant in Cherry Creek, the ritziest  neighborhood in Denver.  The place was almost empty when we arrived, which was a little bit on the eerie side.  Fortunately, people started to wander in later on, which was reassuring, although the place was so huge it still looked pretty empty.  We were celebrating Wally's "retirement" from the Follett Higher Education Group run DU Bookstore, a "retirement" very much like mine, although at least I was told I was being laid off, while Wally and my friend Joe were simply left off the schedule and never addressed directly.  However, a former bookstore employee was kind enough to throw Wally a retirement party at Spanky's this past Friday night, which was a really nice thing to do, especially considering Wally's 18 years or so of service to the bookstore.  Now he can spend his days in his woodworking shop, doing what he loves.  Enjoy Wally!