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Our Friend, James Herring

Jim and his wife Pat bought a retirement home here in Vegas a couple of years ago. Sadly, shortly after their purchase, his wife passed away very suddenly. Having not retired yet, he makes a trek here 3-4 times a year and we always get together for some dinning out, site-seeing, some pool-side recreation, or just plan wine and conversation. I check on the house now and then while he is away to make sure everything is alright. Not sure what the relationship is, his daughter, Christina is married to my sister’s son Christian, however, we have become good friends over the past two years and look forward to his quarterly visits.

My Great Friend, Sol Negm



This was one of the last pictures I took of Sol on a visit he made to us in November of 2007. Unfortunately my friend Sol passed away on July 29, 2010, at his home, after a long period of failing health. He was born March 10, 1935, in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of Selim and Helen Negm, he moved to the United States as a young man and served in the U.S. Army. Sol was an innkeeper and restaurateur, and came to the Seacoast in 1969 to open the Helm Restaurant. He also opened the Matthew Marsh House, Harvest House and Eliot House restaurants. He then went into real estate and operated the Sol Negm Real Estate Company for many years. In addition to a regular Monday night poker game and monthly trips to Foxwoods Casino, He and I enjoyed many years of fellowship in and serving on the Board of Directors in the Warwick Club, a private men's club in Portsmouth, NH.