Last month 21 grownups (including a Philadelphia lawyer, a retired colonel and a congressional aide) showed up at Camp Carefree in West Stockbridge, Mass. to take part in Shari's dream at $250 per. On the 320-acre grounds of a private school, the campers frolicked like kids through a week of sports and crafts—and even raided the kitchen one midnight. Since most of the campers were unmarried, they found some indoor sports to play too. Said one: "It's one of the most marvelous experiences of my life." Even the klutzes had a good time. As a child, admits writer Helen Rosenbaum, "I was always the last one chosen for softball and I never got to first base. Here no one shortsheets your bed if you strike out."
Along with her second childhood, Kharasch may have found a new career. She resigned last year as chairman of the Washington, D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics amid complaints of incompetence in ballot counting. This month a second batch of campers will arrive at Carefree, and it could become a summer institution. As one camper put it: "Very few of us have the luxury of turning back the clock. This is the closest anyone can get."
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
The case reveals what was really going on what they think of each other now!
