Robert Gant Instagram – So I first met this amazing guy on Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in the summer of 1991. I was working at the Department of Justice in DC (the Executive Office for US Attorneys, to be exact) between my first and second years of law school at Georgetown and was grateful, to say the least, for the shore-lined respite from our nation’s capital’s suffocatingly humid days. That early afternoon, I remember scanning across the sand and spotting this dazzling smile atop a tanned shirtless torso and a red Hawaiian-esque wrap at the waist, invariably concealing the speedo underneath. Okay, fine, one or both of us may have had puka shells around our necks. It was the 90’s after all. And, yes, a brief make out session may well have taken place at some point later that day, but we digress. Cut to three decades later, and I’m beyond thankful to catch up over coffee and some nosh and share about our life journeys so far and our visions for the future. It’s a special thing for someone to have witnessed the change from the boy you were to the man that you’ve become. All as we walk our paths as sober fellows. Thank you for the wonderful catch-up, @mr.rutherford, my friend. To be continued. Here’s to the next 30. (The unintentional backdrop captured the sentiment of the experience.) #Friends #30YearsLater #TheGreatLife #TheValueOfDecades Urth Caffe – Melrose Ave, Hollywood CA