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Wheels Up

Wheels Up bi-atchs.
Welcome to Philadelphia

Welcome to Philadelphia. 4 pix from Day 1, Click: Cheese Steak Incident (on Facebook). http://bit.ly/Cheese85
All Class Mixer

The all class mixer, Friday night. click Cheese Steak Incident to see more pix from Friday.
Wharton Show Girlz

Kathleen and Belinda getting their dance on at the All Class Mixer.
Mixer pix.

Click 4 mixer pix http://bit.ly/Cheese85
Early Birds

A. Party, Adam Cherry and Deb Ulrich were the first ones on campus for the Wharton Class of 1985 reunion. May 14-16, 2010.
Long Term Investing

Esteemed Wharton Finance Professor Jeremy Siegel made some salient points about long-term investing. The key take home point---"buy my book". A-Spin is looking for hot IPOs.... holla.
Ben Franklin is my homie.

A. Party (Ski Bum)and Tom Moyes (CFO) discussed the time value of money with long-term investor Ben Franklin.
Still preppy after all these years.

Ray Bank and David Strauss--still preppy after all these years.
WaWa

Everybody went to Wawa, right?
Goldman is Golden

Some of the biggest shots on "the street". Daviroff, Schwartz and Scheinert
Golden Rules

Secret to longevity on Wall Street. Dress Brittish / Think Yiddish. Kaye, Scheinert and Roth.
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No frequent flier bitch miles for Wharton MBA's Mohan, Seibel and Spaar.
Big Daddys

Ed Trumphour and Peter Roth share inside info at the super-posh luncheon. Penn went all out hosting us at Vance Hall in the vending machine area. Next time, lets see some respect for WG 1985. Do they know who we are? Both Ed and Peter are the father of twins. Peter's --are 9 months old.
Special Forces

Peter Van Loon did duty in Afghanistan at age 50. ( He has a very special skill set., lets just say its CLASSIFIED.) Stephen Mansfield scored BIG in real estate and brought his spicy Miami lady friend to Philly.
Smokey Joes

Since the orignial MBA House closed, West Philly has never been the same. Eddie T., Andy Party and the Howitzer checked out Smokey Joe's for old times sake. Unfortunately we encountered another 25th Aniversary at 48th and Chestnut.... The Move.
Philadelphia Art Museum.

The Philadelphia Art Museum.
William Penn

Back in school daze William Penn towered over the streets of Philadelphia. His hat was the tallest point in Center City. Times have changed. I often yearn for that simpler time. No cell phones, no internet, no e-mail, no texts.
The Boyz

Waleski is makin' it happen at Hershey's and Garth is a RE mogul. John commutes to work by boat from the Jersey Shore--but don't call him Snookie. Hint: AspenSpin does not yet have a Chocolate sponsor. c'mon Ski help a bruddah out.
Super Fund

Good luck to Robert Janis (with his lovely wife) who is starting a hedge fund. Don't call him Janus. AspenSpin is gonna stick with the 3000 vertical foot commute on the Gondola in Aspen.
3 heads are better.

Thats a lotta head. Deep thinkers Tayer, Sherman and Mereu. Marc is a pioneer in the Cable TV world (see his Emmy), Roger is a legend on Wall St. and Rich is a huge political influencer.
Anvil Heads

Spence is a king maker in Pittsburg banking circles. Walton is managing more money than G_D in Boston and Berman is livin' large outside Chi. Town. The tales they could tell.
Roger and Deb

Roger and Deb had us cracking up all night.
The ties that bind.

Williams class mates Tayer and Blakey, joined by Albert's wife Eleni, also a Wharton classmate. A few observations. The Blakey's seem too wild to live in Lancaster Pa. , Eleni must be the super-calm parent and Albert, my man...I still like the way u roll. Tayer---yoooooop!
Bullish on Paula

Kevin Spence giving a big wet one to Paula Schaffer. Paula recently retired after a long stint at Morgan Stanley. She and I are both hoping for a huge rally in MS.....please.
Wharton Jocks

Shermo, Ski and Rick Simonson tower over Andy-Party. Rick showed an early penchant for biz by managing the infamous MBA HOUSE. Remember that Shack where Penn forced us to drink. Simonson recently stepped down as CFO of Nokia. C'mon back to Colorado, kid--- it a'int bad. Rick, Tom and Party played for the Anvil Heads-- All University Softball Champs, 1985. Sherman continues to wrestle, cause he likes the sweat.
One on One

Vinay Pande, Chief Investment Advisor at Deutsche Bank is one of the brightest minds on Wall St. Andy is seen here begging him for S & P 1250.
Blue Steel

Terrence Winsky, Jay Spaar, Dimitri Avras, Howard Seibel and Mohan throw out a "blue steel". Yes, they are all still modeling..... in addtion to their distinguished business careers.
Vertical Integration

A banker, a CFO and a money manager. I think we have all the bases covered. Kevin, Rick and Scott Miller, from Dallas.
Dr. Ruth

Ruth Colp is changing the world of NYC Real Estate with her company, Wharton Real Estate. Andy ---skiing every day, partying every night.
Hello ladies

Faith Taylor is in charge of sustainability at Wyndham Hotels, Lisa Archinow is a Banker at Bank of Tokyo and Donna Chapman is a rocket scientist at Invesco. WG 1985 begat some powerful ladies.
Trifecta.

Mario Calderone is dominating RE in Philly. Eleanor Pagano is slinging her famous sauce at El's Kitchen in CT (selling at Whole Foods and on-line) and Kevin Spence is a proud member of the Anvil Heads, All University Softball Champs 1985. As Kev knows, they can never take that ring away.
1985

Dave Harker (da bears, da bulls) is still in RE in Chi (right?). Manny Modu and Ben Weintraub gather in Philadelphia.
Wharton Action

Action photos by AspenSpin.com Sam Patterson, Vinay and Roger competing for the attention of Ms. Amy Unger, who is an SF Real Estate Mogul and Utah skier. She enjoys that sweet POW in Deer Valley.
Wharton Crew

Dimitri is a blinker. he's flanked by Rich, Inez, Sally and Phillip Turner.
Follies Crew

Griswald is our class corespondent, Brush is still tradin' and Joel spearheaded the reunion committee.
Ladies who laugh

"First I make 'em laugh ... then I make 'em breakfast". A. Party. Eleni, Inez and Deb.
Sir, yes Sir

Peter Van Loon, Curtis Harris and Ted Bream. If I'm not mistaken, all three attended a U.S. Military Academy. Van Loon is still into birding, Curtis is at Merrill in Corp Fin and Ted is a high tech entrepreneur
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Mrs. Larry Ames, Tom Moyes, CFO of MPH, Larry Ames and El from El's Kitchen started warming up around midnight.
3 Stooges

Roger weighs the same as he did at Penn. Andy gained at least one pound for every year since graduation and Howie is the proudest dad in the class.
Pitchin' in.

Serebransky, Kinard and Bayless were intrumental in creating momentum for the 25th. Joel is still in NYC (right?) and the Bayless' came up from hot 'lanta. Sharon Keld WG 84 missed her own 25th so she showed up at ours.
Field Trip to South Philly

Jim's Steak at about 1.30 a.m.
Jim's Steak.

South Philly is the real deal. Much luv 2 Jim's Steak for staying open till 3 am.
Look who's on line

Jim's Steaks 4th and South. Garvey, Bell and Mario.
Past Curfew

more Wharton rowdies in line , late night at Jim's
Cheese Steak Incident (part 2)

getting ready for the rush.
Cheese Whiz / with

Cheese whiz with onions is the only way to go. provolone is for amatuers.
Philadelphia Cheese Steak

a few sweet peppers , an adult beverage or two......and viola,!!!! ....a nutritional treat that's good anytime.
Tazer Cop in Philadelphia.

This is the Philadelphia police officer who tazed a fan on the field at a recent Phillies Game. No big deal, A-Spin always attracts celebs. No I did not get tazed.
Last call Deja Vu

Die-hards just before getting kicked out of the bar at about 2.15 am. Deja Vu, the same crew used to be the last ones home in 1985 too. It was good to re-connect with The Wharton MBA's from 1985.