No Place Like Home
This neighborhood is where we lived in the yellow house
19th Ward
Shorthand for the show that our family references more than any other
SNL
News of Pop Pop taking David and Alex to see this movie was not received warmly by Jillo
Ace Ventura
(also will accept Major League)
Blue Heron and ____
Ducks
Term — also a shape used in famous architecture — used to describe multiple businesses Katie got involved with after graduation where mom served as her most loyal customer.
Pyramid scheme
This neighborhood is where we lived the longest
Glen Acres
A friend of Jillo and PopPop who probably should have been called “Scottie too Hottie” instead
Frame-O
This beer brand’s iconic commercial inspired a lifelong joke for Pop-Pop that has informed the way he greets his children on the phone when they call.
Bud Light
“Wazzzzzzahhhhhhhhhh”
Or
“Wuzzzup!”
Douglas Spotted ____
Eagle
The third (and crucial) ingredient used to distract your opponent in any sport, right after sassafras and molasses
Heffenfeffer
This is the humble neighborhood where Matt Foley lived/lives.
Van Down by the River
(Also would accept “Van cerca de un rio” or “River”)
A name originally coined by Barrington friends for party shenanigans in the 90s and also used by grandchildren.
Jillo
Nickname for a 90s supermodel who married Rick Fox and may or may not have been fully clothed in a photo shoot
Vanessa the Undressa
Different families have different ___
Rules
A leisure sport and popular activity known to be played by fathers and sons to cure the sons of dumbass behavior in high school.
Bowling
Name of the complex where Jillo and PopPop currently reside
Stonebridge
A group of women playing a weekly game together for wildly small sums of money
Mahj Girlies
Pop Pop’s “celebrity” crush in the 90s
Jessica Rabbit
Aw, c’mon. Thats ___
Funny
(Also would accept “ok to say”)
“Llaves” in Spanish, this term was used by Winter children to indicate an imminent bowel movement.
Keys
Area where we lived briefly in a warm weather climate
Orlando
(Also would accept”regret,” “place with a pool,” “Florida,” “Near Miss” or whatever the real name of that suburb actually was)
An absolute legend
(HINT 1: From St Lawrence)
(HINT 2: or maybe Germantown Academy?)
(HINT 3: none of us kids have ever met this man)
Freebs!
This American guitarist and songwriter played at the Catalina Jazz Festival one time, then was listened to reluctantly by Katie, David and Alex at Sunday family dinners throughout the 90s.
Craig Chaquico
______
(Any empty space)
Pop Pop talking
This Barrington meathead caused the first of many dominoes to fall in helping Denise Vollman embrace her role as neighborhood narc.
Matt (or Pete?) DeBord