My sister Kathy approached the occasion of her 50th birthday party with unfettered glee. She mingled, hugged, high-fived, sang, chatted, reminisced, tasted, sipped, posed, and, utterly unfazed by the number on the top of her cake, happily wished as she blew out her candles. Unsure which of her favorite two outfits she should wear, Kathy [...]
Last weekend in the waning hours of our Gourmet Club's groovy 60s party, our hosts brought out a game I'd never seen before. Bop It! Ahhhh! An ugly charades incident I'd rather not talk about had fired up my competitive juices and, in its aftermath, I had been working hard to tamp down the ridiculous [...]
Last night from three different states, a tri-generational team of Oscar fans settled in to watch the show, noting fashion choices, applauding speeches and analyzing choices via telephone and text. From the party she hosted in Chicago, complete with Oscar topped cupcakes and champagne cocktails, Katherine dressed in costume. By contrast, I jammied up early [...]