NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER/CONFERENCE with RICK REYNARD, Continued
September, 2008
RUSKIN, NY
Rick and I cross paths about once a month at parties or out and about. I go running to Rick a time or two per year just on a personal note: if I split with a girlfriend; if I have a business fight; if someone I love dies; if there's any development that has a major effect on me but I can't get a handle on why. He is a very comforting individual in those circumstances. He'll tell you he doesn't think he's a smart person, but he is wise beyond his years. I'll take that any day.
I arranged a meeting with Rick for a week night at one of our favorite restaurants, an Italian-American place on Ruskin's Main Street. Its one-level dining room reminds me a little of an Applebee's or an Olive Garden - low
