Category Archives: Social events

Great day! . . . Not so great game

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Bill McDonald '68

San Diego Eagles invaded the land of Troy on Saturday, September 14. Didn’t win, but made a successful incursion and showed BC Pride!

Two game buses, with about 65 on board, made the trek to LA. The photo above shows several of those on Bus #1.

While walking up to the BC hospitality tent, I had the pleasure of running into Steve Novak, director of development for Athletics and a former colleague, who then introduced me to Brad Bates, director of Athletics. I told Bates that at least 100 San Diego alumni were attending the game through auspices of the chapter, and he seemed enthused about that. He said BC intended to make more visits to SoCal and California, which we all hope happens.

Two classmates from the East Coast also joined me on the bus ride and at the game — Tom Sugrue (Alexandria, VA) and Larry Kenah (Acton, MA). Tom and I had served as co-sports editors of the Heights back in the day, a fact we were proud to share with Bates. Here is a pic of us at the game (l-r, Sugrue, McDonald, Kenah). Thanks to Nick Lellenberg for the great shot.

What was your game experience like? Any fun or bizarre things happen? Please post some pics as well.

I thought Boston Globe coverage of the game was interesting, as least in terms of the weather. One writer talked about “arid” temperatures in the 90s and another described the scene as “sun-splashed.” Welcome to Southern California!

And who knew USC would be using Eagle portapotties?! :)

Florida State next . . . after a welcome rest and recovery. Game watch September 28, 12:30 pm, at The Beer Company.

Posted in Football, Social events

Family Brunch and Playdate

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Lissa Tsu '00

Back Row, L-R, Huber Family, Lissa Tsu, Chris Duncan, Lowery Family, Carpenter Family Front Row, Brian Tsu

On a typical overcast July day in Solana Beach five Boston College families reconnected over pancakes, coffee and a playground with an ocean view.

As we know, most BC Alumni events happen over beer, or past a little one’s bedtime or both. It was a nice change of pace to meet fellow alumni over breakfast with all of our children in tow. In fact, at our long table of 18 the children almost outnumbered the adults at Beach Grass Café, and the eight little girls outnumbered the one little boy. Alumni ranged from the class of 1997 to the class of 2002 and most lived in North County. We reminisced about BC reunions, the best neighborhoods in San Diego to raise kids, how we all ended up out in California, and a lot of talk about how life with kids changes everything.

After breakfast we walked to Fletcher Cove and let the kids play while the adults got a true chance to catch up. As the sun emerged around noon, we all agreed it was time to go, it was naptime after all.