The Old Man and His Scene
Capt. Tommy Curtis has charted a steady course for the Bethesda Yacht Club--giving the over-35 set a second cruise in the sea of love
Cover Story
As the after-work party winds down, I say my good nights and head for the front door of the Yacht Club of Bethesda, a dimly lit suburban Maryland watering hole. As I near my objective, a 50ish woman clad in a sharp-looking business suit glides off her bar stool and squarely into my path.
“Hello,” she says locking on my eyes. “Who are you?”
“Uh, Randall.”
“What brings you here, Randall?”
I tell her about the party, a professional get-together for people involved with the radio business.
“Would you like to have a drink?”
I explain that I'm running late and attempt to step around her to the right. But I'm too slow, and she jumps into my escape path.
“Are you sure?” she persists.
I tell her that someone is waiting for me and that I really, really must go.
As I maneuver to the left, I'm met shadowlike by the woman, who's intent on having the last word.
“Well, OK,” she says with a hint of a pout. “If you come in again, look for me.”
I don't come in again for a long time. Nothing in life prepared me for the experience of being hit on by a woman my mother's age. But weep not for my would-be partner: There are plenty of kids her own age to play with at the Yacht Club.... Continued 
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