Party celebrates couple of 66ers

+ Party celebrates couple of 66ers
Windward Bay residents Stanley and Marilyn Hochman celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary with friends Dec. 28.

The Hochmans married Nov. 24, 1948, but opted to hold off on their 66th celebration until their snowbird friends returned for the winter.

Stanley Hochman, 93, still feels like a newlywed after 66 years.

“I feel like we were married yesterday,” he said.

When the Hochmans planned their anniversary party, they knew just whom to call: Lazy Lobster Longboat owner Michael Garey, who organized Marilyn Hochman’s 60th birthday celebration 25 years ago — back when he was a maitre d’ at Café L’Europe.