Living the American Dream

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Mayor's Golden Wedding: Hold the 18th Page

Sometimes it's just good to back to basics. As a cub reporter I was often given the task of writing Golden Wedding reports. I'd go round to old people's houses, sip tea and nibble Rich Tea biscuits while they told me their life stories. Every story would end with the question: "What is your recipe for a happy marriage?" and would end with the answer: "Give and take."
Yesterday, some 30 years later, I found myself doing the exact same task. Of course now the people don't seem quite so old or quite so ordinary. I finally got the scoop I'd been waiting for since I got here - I got to interview Mayor Pradel and more importantly his somewhat reclusive wife Pat.
To find out what they said you'll have to get tomorrow's Naperville Sun, or look it up on their website. It wasn't the most difficult story I've ever written, or necessarily the best. But as someone keen to delve into the underbelly of Naperville society, I can't think of anything more perfect.

1 Comments:

  • Looking forward to reading it !

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:40 AM  

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