Last Tuesday, Mer and I met up with our friends Matt and Clarice. We had made plans to go play mini-golf, and we were still going to do that, but since we had made the plans, Matt had proposed to Clarice and she said yes. Matt and Clarice are a great couple, so we were pretty excited about that. Matt proposed to Clarice at the Akron Zoo, and gave her a very cool ring of white gold and a blue stone that comes from China that changes hue dramatically in the light. I am very happy for them.

Clarice and Matt directed us to Downview Golf, which is a mini-golf/driving range/skate park/batting cage complex that is actually owned by the park district of the city. We had no idea that the place even existed. It was a fun and challenging little course, with several pretty artificial water falls. We had a good time, and Mer won the day, although we were all competitive. Mer got the only hole-in-one, and Matt had the best shot of the day where his ball went into a stream hazard on a hole, but unknown to us the stream was designed to carry the ball close to the hole and then spit it back up on to the green. Matt was pretty pleased with that very accidental shot.

After the golf outing, Matt and Clarice took us out to Handel’s for ice cream. We munched on dessert and discussed the upcoming (next spring) wedding and dress options. It was really good to catch up with Matt and Clarice, even if I did not win mini-golf.