Monday September 28, 1987

Gabe's 17th Birthday! Grandparent's and Mania came over for a celebration dinner.

Sunday September 27, 1987

Did some shopping and cleaned my room. The Centner's & Zarvinsky's came over for dinner.

Saturday September 26, 1987

I went to the Promenade with Jordi and had lunch at Made In Japan. Back then it was a relatively new concept and it was delicious! Hung around in the neighborhood with Marc & Ari that night. Gave Gabe his birthday present.

Friday September 25, 1987

I finished reading Tom Sawyer. I tried to convince myself that I liked it because I knew it was a classic, but the truth was that I was pretty disinterested in the whole story and didn't really get the language. I also went to Peter's for a haircut and went to the bank. Played some ping-pong with Gabe. Started reading A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (another book I didn't really get into - even though I felt like I should have).

Thursday September 24, 1987

ROSH HASHANAH. I played tennis w/Ulrich, then he came over to watch Black Widow. That night I went to the Leaf game; saw Detroit v. Toronto (we won 4-3). Unfortunately, I'm not sure who I went to the game with.

Wednesday September 23, 1987

Spelling Test. Watched The Bedroom Window and Head of Class on TV. Ulrich came with me on the bus home - Steeles East 53 then transfer over to Steeles West 60 at Yonge & Steeles.

Tuesday September 22, 1987

Had lunch with Brian, Perki, Hart, Ulrich and Tesis. On the way back to school Ulrich & Tesis got into a mini-scrap. Handed in my election project.

Monday September 21, 1987

I went to McDonald's for lunch with Hart, Paul Tesis and Ulrich. We first went to the Miracle and pulled a scam where we grab empty bottles from under the counter and then just return them again and get back the deposits. Went grocery shopping with mom
after school.

Sunday September 20, 1987

Did work on my history project. Watched Family Ties, Married With Children and the Emmy Awards. Jay Leno hosted and LA Law won.

Saturday September 19, 1987

Hart & I went to own & Country to see The Pick Up Artist. That was the begining of the end of Molly Ringwald's career. Then we went back to my place and played ping-pong. Mom came home from New York.

Friday September 18, 1987

A group of us went to McDonald's for lunch. Nikki Lax had a party at her place. I remember 2 things: 1. That was the height of wearing pins in our pants. 2. I ended up sitting in a closet with Monique and never made a move.

Thursday September 17, 1987

Went over to Hart's for lunch again. Mom flew to New York for Tanya's funeral.

Wednesday September 16, 1987

I went to Hart's for lunch. We played some serious Red-Ass after school. I did some homework and watched 'Head of the Class'. Tzotsa Tanya (Rosa's mom) in Brooklyn committed suicide. She was my grandfather's (on my mother's side) 1st cousin. My family - particularly my granddad - were really heartbroken.

Tuesday September 15, 1987

Hart & I went to Singer's to do homework and watch TV. Canada Cup Game 3 Final - Canada 6 Russia 5. This is considered by many (at least of my generation) to be the greatest display of hockey ever. The first time Gretzky and Lemieux played on the same side.

Canada
Forwards and Defense: Glenn Anderson, Dale Hawerchuk, Mark Messier, Mike Gartner, Kevin Dineen, Michel Goulet, Brent Sutter, Rick Tocchet, Brian Propp, Doug Gilmour, Claude Lemieux, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Doug Crossman, Craig Hartsburg, Normand Rochefort, James Patrick, Raymond Bourque, Larry Murphy, Paul Coffey
Goaltenders: Ron Hextall, Kelly Hrudey, Grant Fuhr
Coaches: Mike Keenan, John Muckler, Jean Perron, Tom Watt

USSR
Forwards and Defense: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Gusarov, Igor Stelnov, Vasily Pervukhin, Mikhail Tatarinov, Alexei Kasatonov, Sergei Starikov, Anatoli Fedotov, Igor Kravchuk, Andrei Chistiakov, Yuri Khmylev, Vladimir Krutov, Andrei Lomakin, Igor Larionov, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Khomutov, Sergei Svetlov, Alexander Semak, Sergei Kharin, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Makarov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Gerhan Volgin, Anatoly Semenov, Mikhail Kravets
Goaltenders: Vitali Samoilov, Sergei Mylnikov, Evgeny Belosheikin
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev

Monday Setember 14, 1987

McDonald's w/Hart, Ron, Jody Berman, Shelly P, Monique, Alpern, Yves, Jon Cohen & Thomas. Lendl beat Wilander in US Open final: 6-7, 6-0, 7-6, 6-4.

Sunday September 13, 1987

I finished my homework. Went over to the Zarvinsky's new house for Tzippy's birthday party. Gabe, Max, Tzippy & I ended up seeing Adventures in Babysitting @ Hillcrest Mall.

Saturday September 12, 1987

I went over to Amy Osher's house w/Tammy and Hart. I watched an epic US Open match - Wilander defeated Edberg.

Friday September 11, 1987

Terry Fox Run. French oral test (dictee). Ron & I had lunch @ Hart's (Kraft dinner).

Thursday September 10, 1987

Hart & I lunch at Singer's. Wrote a small math quiz. Selected our instruments for music class - I got Trumpet. Already assigned a project for History class.

Wednesday September 9, 1987

Hart & I had lunch at Ulrich's. I had my first Industrial Arts class. Watched TV.

Tuesday September 8, 1987

Back at school - the launch of grade 8. I was in Mr. Lewinsky's homeroom. I went to lunch at McDonald's with Ron Fleming, Monique, Hart, Milberg, Thomas, Jody, Shelly P & Poster. My folks snuck me into The Untouchables with them @ Yorkdale.

Monday September 7, 1987

Labour Day. The last day before school restarts. I played doubles tennis with Ulrich vs. Al and Colin at German Mills Courts. That night I schooled dad in ping-pong.

Sunday September 6, 1987

Played tennis with Gabe. I went to Jon's Bar-Mitzvah. Now if I could only remember if that was Jon Cohen or Jon Poster ....

Saturday September 5, 1987

Played tennis with Gabe @ Rockford. Then watched U.S. Open tennis all day - Connors, McEnroe, Becker, Lendl and Gilbert all won.

Friday September 4, 1987

Damon Loeb, Hart and I went downtown - walked along Yonge St. After dinner I went to Mac's with Marc. Watched Wilander's match at the US Open (he won).

Thursday September 3, 1987

Went over to Hart's place - hung out with him and Brad McRae. Hart and I then went to see No Way Out. Went home and watched TV, played ping-pong. Received a necklace from my grandmother Liza (my dad's mom) in Israel.

Wednesday September 2, 1987

Gabe, Steve, Marc & I went to Family Kartways in Whitby. Grandparents came over. Took Pepper for a long walk and just hung out in the neighborhood.

Tuesday September 1, 1987

Hart and I played tennis at Mayfair in the morning. Spent the afternoon with the Zarvinsky's at The Promenade. Gabe, Tzippy and I went to see Nadine. Disaster would be a nice way to put it.

Monday August 31, 1987

Spent the afternoon at Jordi's house with Guybag. Swam and hung around the pool. That night Gabe and I just played some marathon ping-pong. Pretty even matches.