Monday, June 07, 2004

Gipper

I met Reagan, you know. It was 1990 and my class went on our senior trip to L.A. Somebody knew somebody, I guess, and one morning we went to Nakatomi Plaza, where Reagan's office was, and went right up to meet him. We were actually in his office, too, standing around his desk. He had a magnificent view and said we should have been there on a clear day - but they were pretty rare.

He was sharp and gracious and sweet - pretty much just like the way you think a semi-retired (and very successful) granddad should be. He seemed tickled to have us.

I studiously avoided having any political opinions until I turned 18. I figured: why have an opinion about something I can't do anything about? So I know some people liked him and some didn't. But he was nice to me.

I've got a picture somewhere, too. I'll scan it if I find it, maybe.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nakatomi Plaza's a real place? Or were you just not remembering where it was?

6/07/2004 11:44 PM  
Blogger Harold said...

I was wondering if someone would catch the Nakatomi Plaza reference! See, Reagan's office was in the building where they filmed Die Hard. I think it's the Twentieth Century Fox Building, maybe? Hold on...yeah, that's it. But we'd all seen Die Hard, you know, so it was all "cool, dude, Nakatomi Plaza." That was almost as neat as meeting an ex-president.

6/08/2004 8:56 AM  
Blogger Louis Nick 3 said...

Yes, I'd have to agree with that.

A year or so ago I was down in LA for a few days and I visited the Nixon and Reagan libraries on the same day-- they're about 90 minutes apart on the highway, or 6 to 7 miles as the crow flies. But next time I'll include Nakatomi on the tour, heh.

6/12/2004 1:32 AM  

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