Mon ami Jean Cormier,
I did not know Johnny Honda for a long time but I learned quickly to like him. Before our annual trip to the DR's North Coast, earlier this year, I began corresponding with Johnny because I had a few questions which I thought he would be the best to answer and he was a former fellow Maritimer (being from Moncton, NB, Canada). A couple of times he hinted that there was something that I might do for him and eventually he asked if I would be willing to bring him some Atlantic Scallops as they were unavailable in the DR. Well I agreed immediately and we made plans for him to meet our arriving flight to get the scallops. Murphy's Law was in effect and we were early, and he was late, so we went to our resort in Rio san Juan and jammed the cold pack of ten pounds of scallops in the mini-fridge. I had a couple of cell phone numbers for Johnny but this was Easter weekend and he was at his in-laws for a family gathering so it was the next day until we connected. Johnny ended up driving all the way to Bahia Principe to get the scallops and we met a few days later at the Britannia Pub to shoot the sh*t as was his way. He was very appreciative and invited us to stay at his home during our stay but we had a fairly tight schedule so we made plans to do that on our next trip. Sadly that will not now be possible. It will be our profound loss.
Rest well Jean.
Gregg Andrews
Dartmouth, NS
Canada