Well, now, we're back and Kimm's expecting a baby boy, Luca; we congratulated them at a baby shower. The evite, announcing the event as an "outdoor cocktail party," certainly peaked my interest. Actually, it was lovely and poured LOTS of Chilean wine (Jorge's home), as well as this hired fellow, who was serving up grill-to-order tacos with salsa - a GREAT idea for a party, btw.
Kimm & Jorge
We parked ourselves, strategically, near the taco station and let the atmosphere soak in: this great advocado tree wrapped around on two sides by the house's brick porch. When the sun went down, the string-lights went on, and we were charmed.
Debbie, another high school friend, appeared out of nowhere. The last I heard from her was in Tacoma; she was up in Redmond at Microsoft, set to cash out her stocks after 5 years and take a trip around the world.
She just got back - a 5 year journey with James, her "sig-oth." Debbie returned to the software industry, while working on a screenplay - how many Debbie's are there out here?We were obviously from a bygone era, so seemed to be an object of interest to the rest of the crowd, who were a really nice group of folks. It felt OK to be tangential - something I increasingly witness given my age, given our culture's mobility - and felt good to see Kimm and Jorge surrounded with so much love; we were glad to be a part of it. BTW, this cake was a winner, too.
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