Welcome and good luck Suzanne!

Judith lives in Portland, and I live in Olympia, Washington. We are pretty close to you.

Hi, guys! My sister Laura in New York has a special request from all you Art Garfunkel fans. She is 48, and is single and lives alone with her female cat, Tiger Lily, in Saugerties, New York. She smokes cigarettes and drinks tea and has no computer and doesn't get out a lot and would love to communicate with other Art Garfunkel fans. She would love to hear from anyone, even internationally. You guys are great, thank you! Suzanne in Oregon.

Suzanne, it might not be such a good to put her phone number and address on this board - perhaps you should PM us with it.  

Thanks Barb! I know this picture, cute!

Welcome Andy!  So nice to have you here with us.

Hi Andy, a warm welcome to the family!

Always happy to have another enthusiastic fan.

Hi Andy75, glad you joined us! 

Hi Andy-glad you are hear and I wait to hear your input.

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Originally Posted by CaroleTucson
Hello to everyone.  My name is Carole and I live in Arizona, USA. I've been reading this site for a while now and finally decided to join. A friend of mine who is a member here told me about your wonderful site. I think one of the best things about it is how international it is ... there are people from all over the world. It's nice to meet you all!

I have loved Simon&Garfunkel since I was 5 years old, which was in 1970. My parents were big fans and their music was frequently playing in our house while I was growing up. My two daughters, who are 20, are also fans. And I actually met Paul Simon once, quite by accident. That was a thrill!

I don't really have much to contribute, but I wanted to say hi and tell you how much I enjoy your site

Welcome! Everyone has something to add (or ask) and you will get lots of responses. You can tell all of us how/where/when you met Paul. We love details!!

Welcome , Carole!What a wonderful family you have, all S&G 's fans!

Thank you all for your warm welcome.

As far as meeting Paul goes, I have told the story so many times that everyone who knows me is tired of hearing it .. lol. But my goodness, how often do you meet Paul Simon?

I was in the San Francisco Bay Area visiting my family, and I had taken my nephew into the city to a small guitar shop near Union Square. This was in 1992 or 1993. My nephew loved guitars and in fact a few days previous he had showed me a little Paul Simon lick that he had learned.

We'd been in the shop a few minutes when nephew said he needed to go back to the car for a minute, so I wandered around by myself looking at the guitars. There were only a few people in the shop, and there was a gentleman sitting with his back to me off in the corner, playing. He was quite good, so I quietly walked over to listen.

Yep, you guessed it. It was Paul Simon. I recognized him immediately, of course. He continued playing for a few minutes, and then we chatted for a short while before he had to leave. He seemed like a very nice man. We talked about San Francisco and about raising children. His youngest was a year old at the time, if I remember correctly, and he laughed when I told him about my twins, who were then three.

I did get his autograph. The only thing I had for him to sign was the used boarding pass for my flight to San Francisco, which I was still carrying in my purse. I still have it, in fact. When my nephew got back, he was quite upset that he missed seeing Paul Simon.

how exciting-I wonder if he was looking for a guitar-one would think the owner would have been hovering around!

That's a great story Carole !  It must have been Adrian he was referring to - he would have been around one then.  I'd say Paul frequents a lot of guitar stores !