Plenty of time was allowed all weekend, between the structured events, for smaller groups of alumni to gather together wherever and to do whatever during our “Baghdad by the Bay” sojourns.

 

(Below:) A Friday evening soirée in Japantown at Kushi Tsuru.
(Below:) A Class of 1974 breakfast Saturday morning @ Sweet Maple.
(Below:) Coastal hike and barbecue, Saturday afternoon.
(Below:) “Decisions. Decisions.”

(Below:) Miscellaneous moments.
(Below:) … and the serendipitous, sugoi moment when a seemingly random person happened upon us in the hotel lobby. “Is this ‘ASIJ’ I see the ‘American School in Japan’?” Meet Gloria Westland (who lives nearby), Class of 1970! Completely unaware of the reunion, she just missed meeting some of her ’70 classmates by minutes!

(Below:) The ICU Crew.

(Below:) The reunion of the “Jolly Jivers”.
(Below:) Jammin’ at Jun and Cara’s, Sunday afternoon/evening.
(Below:) Quiet time in the Hotel Kabuki lobby, Sunday afternoon, as ASIJers prepare to scatter to the four winds.

(Below:) The Cluster Reunion Committee thanks each and every alum for making the weekend a truly MEMORABLE event!