[AGL] my Bob Vennell

[Frances Morey]

That's sweet, Fontaine! Thank you for reporting that.
Best,
Frances

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 3:49 PM Fontaine Maverick <fontainem at att.net> wrote:

> I was always fond of Bob V. Been debating whether to say this but what the
> hell. He was a wonderful lover.
>
>    Fontaine
>
>
> On Friday, June 5, 2020, 06:40:35 AM CDT, Frances Morey <
> frances.morey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> For me he was an enduring presence as barkeep at the Driskill Hotel. He
> was an elegant gentleman with a bemused mysterious expression, almost like
> the Mona Lisa.  RIP Bob.
> Best,
> Frances
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 5:07 AM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I met Bob Vennell the same year Ed Guinn started UT. Bob had come to UT
> to get a masters in engineering but immediately realized that he had
> fallen into Austin-Daze in the 60s. The rest is herstory. Early on he
> established a weekly poker game. I always lost a card games as a
> teenager so never caught the bug. But Vennell and I were always buds
> (his term). The last time I saw Vennell was at his 75th birthday at Mike
> Kleinman's enterprise on South Lamar.
> I never met his current wife/widow but one of the loves of his life will
> read my Bob Vennell.
>
>
>
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