The Rich Wanner Table

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Across
  1. 2. Jack’s tennis pals thought they could get shots over this high-jumping, tall kid’s head. They should have known better.
  2. 3. Instead of visiting the Louvre, Bruges’ Church of Our Lady, or the Prado in Madrid, her most memorable trip across Europe many years ago took place in the shadows, filled with dread.
  3. 6. Her personalized calendars have become a highly anticipated gift for her family members back in North Dakota and other places.
  4. 8. This Arizona brother-in-law is a mechanic who hooked up with a New Jersey girl from the Eng family many years ago.
  5. 9. For some reason, I always think of a Rock Bath when I see her name.
  6. 11. A Rich & Robbie cruise partner with a biblical name.
  7. 13. Listen to his pipes when you’re at Peter and Paul’s in North Beach.
  8. 15. A North Dakota political operative for 30 years, he feels more comfortable in San Francisco than he does in the Great Plains state he’s lived in almost all his life.
  9. 17. A professor with a penchant for a good red wine (I know how I would have bribed him for an “A” in Physics!)
  10. 20. She runs the Sequoias, but probably doesn’t run it in Adidas tennis shoes.
  11. 21. This red-headed visitor from the North is fluent in Chinese and French.
  12. 23. The Sequoias has its own Northern Lights in her.
  13. 25. 1970s musician Elvis Costello has a song called “Shipbuilding.” Could he have been speaking about this Sequoias resident and her years in the 1940s?
  14. 26. She keeps your stories alive through her North Dakota students.
  15. 27. Not many front desk staff give hugs like her.
Down
  1. 1. This nurse’s passport was marked “Compassion” after her many trips to help AIDS babies in Africa, and the poor in India or Peru.
  2. 4. With her trekking poles, she probably covers a lot more ground walking than her hubby does running down backhands.
  3. 5. A dancer, a skater, a cook, and a man who can match glasses with just about any color he wears.
  4. 7. This Arizona-based sis keeps your Jones Street visitor in line.
  5. 8. This April birthday girl may not have visited Sisters of the Sacred Heart Monastery with Rich near his hometown in ND, but she could still probably tell you a lot about it from her three years spent hiding out in a similar place many years ago.
  6. 9. Pablo Picasso’s got nothing on this Sequoias cat-loving artist.
  7. 10. This Noe Valley daughter is always a welcome sight when visiting her Sequoias mom.
  8. 12. This ‘60s ship-based nurse gave her patients plenty of hope.
  9. 14. When this Noe Valley son-in-law brings wine to Sequoias, Ross makes sure to sit at his table.
  10. 15. When Ross needs west coast political intel, he bugs her.
  11. 16. Always with a smile, she is a source of comforting wisdom when Fido or Fluffy pass.
  12. 18. When the Sequoias has an event, they surely call upon this bubbly resident to help.
  13. 19. This note card artist can move boxes down to Jones Street with her little Toyota better than Allied Van Lines can with its fleet of trucks.
  14. 22. This thoughtful resident shares a message of peace to schoolkids and others, because he has seen the absolute worst of war.
  15. 24. He was the Thursday night table master and social planner extraordinaire whose friendships still reverberate.