Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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Congratulations, us! Last weekend, Gus and I celebrated our third year of blissful alternative living in sunny Austin, Texas. Making this event extra-special were visits from some of our out-of-town friends, namely Jim and Adrienne, who hail from Oklahoma, my college friend Kevin, who was lucky enough to escape Houston for an evening, and our friend Leshia, who lives in Toronto now. Hoot!
So... I'm always really surprised when a lot of people show up, and even more so when they show up with STUFF! April made us the most badass cakes in the world (see above), and beyond tasting great, they had toys on them. Toys! And there were Peeps, which don't taste so good after you barbecue them, we learned. Since it was close to Easter, Brent and Jen hid eggs with stickers, jelly beans, and chocolate all over the house. Also, there were bunny ears. Miranda brought tasty coleslaw, chocolate-covered strawberries, and her new boyfriend. Sweet. Sarah and Erik brought their new baby, the most chilled-out child that ever lived, I believe. It's also the only child that has entered our house since we've owned it. Amy continued to wow me with her cooking expertise as she set up shop in the kitchen to prepare portabella mushrooms and vegetables to barbecue. And Kent got a crash course in white wine when he ventured out to pick up a bottle of my favorite, Luna di Luna. Other assorted alcoholic beverages were in abundance as well, and thanks to everyone who made that possible, from every part of me but my liver.
I'm sure I forgot to give someone a shout. D'oh in advance.
There were also a ton of people there that I haven't mentioned by name who I was of course thrilled to get a chance to yakkity yak with. And a bunch of people brought friends, which was also awesome. Until proven wrong, I always assume that if we have the good taste to be friends with each other, then you'll have the good taste to be friends with cool people... with whom I'd also like to be friends. Make sense? No? Well then, I'll just say, I can't believe how lucky I am to know so many extremely cool, friendly people. Every time I have a party I am reminded of this, and it keeps getting better. It's just amazing. *sniffle*
I took some pictures of the early crowd. After about half of the guests showed up, I became unable to operate light, uninteresting machinery. Stuff kept happening, but like me, no one was interested in documenting it. C'est la vie.
Well, that's it in an Easter egg. Once again, I was worried about throwing a party on a holiday weekend, and once again, it was a success. I guess you shouldn't mess with success. See you on Thanksgiving!
