f2fb friends by the numbers

january, a month of high hopes and first tries:

1.  eastman “stretch” presser

2.  rena leonard

3.  mike castagna

4.  winston chang

5.  kenny simon

6.  chris castino

7.  libby hellman

8.  janet sussman

9.  heather tyler

10.  john lafond (petrarch)

11.  alice lafond

12.  andrew pearce

13.  elisabeth andrews

14.  chris redmond

15.  paige grant

16.  peter lind

17.  connie yonan

18.  susan grooters

19.  steve sanders

20.  charlie seymour

21.  bruce burdick

22. paulibus schumann

23.  janie “rah rah” gibson

24.  gretchen miller

25.  max henderson

26.  ann silberman

27.  eric fields

28.  tom evans

february, lots of people quit their new years resolution, why shouldn’t i?

29.  tao zhang

30.  justin leiber

31.  casey “k.c.” leiber

32.  reggie gholston

33.  robbie thapa

34.  suzanne timble

35.  winnetka current (a newspaper)

36.  melissa coulter

37.  steve rahn

38.  jay schwandt

39.  anne six knight

40.  lynn adalpe

41.  deb chuk

42.  erin maasen

43.  bronwyn parhad

44.  marc st. camille (power hypnosis)

45.  max tam

46.  rebecca chang

47.  marion scully

48.  gerald scully

49.  mc kato

50.  ron o’neal

51.  norm eliaser

52.  rich lalley

53.  richard “mop” furniss

54.  in da loop

55.  richard curtis

56.  yasushi baba

57.  vince peters

58.  john r. douglas

59.  william clark

60.  lanny jones

61.  joseph “rocket” presser

march, a month of shocks and consternation

62.  michael lieberman

63.  roberta rubin

64.  donna leonard

65.  linda glaser

66. fadi halliwell

67.  jeffrey weber

68.  robyn ladybird strong

69.  gina di sandro

70.  alyce kingsley

71.  bonnie bradlee

72.  john finnegan

73.  tim crawford

74.  stu fast

75.  steve quick

76.  kate moulton

77.  tony kambich

78.  loraine yolles

79.  yoshi maeshiro

80.  derrellyn yates

81.  aubrey “george” yates

82.  janet mccauley

83.  larry barkley

84.  cory russ rickerson

85.  taylor jordan

april, getting my traveling legs.  and yes, i have traveling legs!

86.  fran fruit

87.  ron stein

88.  anonymous (declined to allow his name to be used)

89.  sally stearns mcquillen

90.  sally graver

91.  lisa jarvis

92.  jo caylor

93.  dee dee chesley

94.  di tucker

95.  nipper castino

96.  susan eastman

97.  julie eastman

98.  mike sollins

99.  cristina persico

100.  bill seymour

101.  kristen poggensee

102.  tommy chang (with rachel li)

103.  dirk tussing

104.  bob bergman

105.  jon grand

106.  liz taylor

107.  laurie carver

108.  laura resnick

109.  gail marlow

110.  jeff barnes

may, a month of reevaluation

111.  lon kiefer

112.  rita bowman

113.  lynn nguyen

114.  ken kaissar

115.  gwen patton

116.  tiffany saarinen hundley

117.   terry dason

118.  judy wilkinson

119.  lisa thompson

120.  jim morski

121.  steve walanka

122.  st. sebastian players (a theater ensemble)

123.  heidi bloom

124.  tom nguyen

125.  phong hyunh

126.  doug nash

127.  carla kosak

128.  thomas bolger

129.  phyllis vega

130.  bruce nesmith

131.  rodger gerberding

132.  john hill

133 darrell mcclung (haircut salons)

134.  melinda morgan

135.  matt meek

136.  connie meek

137.  laura haran coglan

138.  mike coglan

139.  larry pratt

140.  ben gonzales

141.  marissa durbin

142.  markie carlson gekas

143.  josh taylor

144.  geoff moore

145.  becky hirschmann

146.  candice appleton vaughn

147.  cathy mccormick

148.  jose rios

149.  howard smith

150.  branden blinn

june, a lot of stand ups.  not necessarily comedians

151 allen colombo

152.  phototronics (a photography shop)

153.  mitch kiesler

154.  louise berner holmberg

155.  patrick nugent

156.  chris treiber

157.  todd stiles

158.  david yonan

159.  richard gordon

160.  johnny bladez

161.  lee padgitt

162.  sandy kolkey

163.  stephanie hurovitz

164.  carole smith

165.  phil hoza

166.  john gion

167.  meg kafalas

168.  mary mcmanus

169.  steve ware

170.  carol hansen

171.  todd stephens

172.  kristen jasinski

173.  rusty hernandez

174.  maddie mccormick

175.  ryan mccormick

176.  will redmond

177.  balbinka kamila

178.  josh garfinkel

179.  brian brethauer

180.  Mr. X (met with on july 21, request for anonymity made on september 25)

181.  john howard

182.  chris johnson

183.  deb seymour

184.  rebecca cohen

185.  michael s barth

august, a too late now to back out month

186.  sonali srinath

187.  sheila wheeler

188.  lane wheeler

189.  lawrence yolles

190.  naomi koppelman

191.  nicole kupper

192.  jason glaser

193.  cindy dillon

194.  rett britt

195.  patti schmidt

196.  downtown tony brown

197.  terri wojak

198.  dale morgan

199.  jonathan boyd

200.  liz stein

201.  julie halpern

202.  phil fox

203.  jillian fox

september, two thirds of the way in!

204.  scott rodgers

205.  bill wedan

206.  julianne couch

207.  joe winer

208.  karl thelen

209.  tim smithe, jr.

210.  lynn b. sanders

211.  nabil foster

212. cindy clohesy

213. cathy jacobson

214. paddy seymour

215. vince vierra

216.  mary panek

217.  nicole fleming

218.  rachel davis

219. heather mingo

220.  genevieve lally-knuth

221.  lizzy donahue

222. winnetka youth organization

223.  mary knudson

224.  dorothy bloniarz

225.  larry rieger

226.  carla straetan vorhees

227.  tom seymour

october, a month in which to not get too comfortable

228.  anonymous

229.  anonymous

230.  john s. schultz

231.  maureen noble

232. rex camposagrado

233. christy russ

234. ian coglan

235. stu cohn

236. joanne staten

237. donna thompson

238.  tina marshall

239.  jim levin

240.  michelle larson

241.  john chie

242. warner sills

243.  mark bitanga del rosario and zoe del rosario

244.  anto prashanth

245.  rahul guru

246.  cecilia digiolio

247. federico cenci

november begins far from home!

248.  anna brooke

249.  mark jonathan cage

250.  joe kral

251.  pb kral

252.  nancy pollock

253.  john oster

254.  jean huyler

255.  jessica redish

256.  melissa palka

257. jean louis boury

258.  don van arsdale

259.  william finke

260.  bridget greco-cokefair

261.  kristan schmidt

262.  carlo garcia

263.  macon foscue IV

264.  vijay sarthy

265.  don graf

266.  karen yvonne tuchmann gray

267.  joe yolles

268.  jeffrey cokefair

december, a month that flies by so fast!

269.  mr. w.e.

270.  mike mcnamara

271.  sheryl nussbaum

272.  jessica zweig

273.  prescott seymour (and eric)

274.  victoria stone-grace

275.  dave gotaas

276.  liza roche

277. winnetka talk

278.  rob woolson

279.  bruce byfield

280.  george moffat

281.  margie paris

282.  karin deitterich mcdonough

283.  peter butier

284.  lauren redmond

285.  wendy mitome

286.  lawson whitesides III

287.  brenda allison

288.  jeffrey jon smith

289.  anonymous

290.  agent 99 (named at her request)

291.  john adorjan

292.  frank skony (jan. 2)

and in 2012

293.  marshae white

294.  molly parshall

295.  lisa tabbi-fuller

296.  angela lopestri

297.  ann malone

298.  colleen kennedy jacobs

299.  dan kingery

300.  jeff parshall

301.  brenda jeffries

302. janet browall

303.  kenny sommer

304.  tracy lynn deis

305.  tony morris

306.  oj dorson

307.  tony adams

308. james crumley

309.  martin ruffner

310.  blake parshall

311.  julia kovach

312. marguerite joseph

313.  serah koro

314.  mr. anonymous

315.  tony tyner

316 carolyn quinn

317.  michele piersiak

318.  arthur frank

319.  erin carley

320.  jeannie stanley

321.  shayleh mccafferty

322. charles henry

323.  jackie byrdsong

324.  brandon day

325.  michelle statler (chester hoover’s mom)

326.  azusa watanabe

327.  daniel reyna

328.  marty gerendasy

329.  william taylor

330.  ron winegar

331.  lesley riley