The day before thanksgiving used to mean a lot to me. It was the biggest club night in Detroit, the last hurrah before 24 hours with family. Now, it's a big day at work and by 4pm I'm having cocktails at the Fairmont. After leaving the F-mont pretty well loaded (Thanks, Miguel!!) I stumbled thru the neighboring park and ran across an old friend from Detroit, Christine. She and her husband, personal icon Art Lyzak, have moved to SF and now live two blocks from my work and 5 from my place. I babbled for half an hour and we've agreed to get together after the first of the year.
Glad I stopped to talk to her, it gave me some time to sober up before driving down to LJR's casa in the hills of Redwood City. As I've said many times before, going down there is like staying at the best B&B in the world. Comfortable couch, pink blanket, unlimited cable, 24 hour wine service . . . what's not to like?
We spent the day watching movies and prepping for the Tukey dinner. Her tradition is to watch Rosemary's Baby, so we did. We also watched Arthur, a movie to which she knows EVERY SINGLE LINE OF DIALOGUE, I KID YOU NOT!! I, sad to say, had never seen either. I'm not sure how funny Arthur is on it's own, but having her act it out with it was hilarious and I had a great time.
Along with the two of us, her boyfriend Wil, her ex-Jim, and her daughter Nicola were joined by Luke, KC, and the little ones. Much to the delight of everyone, Vincent was wearing his Elvis costume, a gift from LJR. Zoe was in a lovely dress that came back from China with her 2 years ago and together they ran back and forth in the house, an act made all the more dramatic and funny because of the Elvis suit's cape.
LJR prepared a fine meal (complete with green bean casserole), we all stuffed ourselves then sat around enjoying each other's company until sated, then we went and found our respective homes.
Hope all of you had a good holiday.
Go in Peace
Elvis, "Rosemary's Baby" & Pink Blanket....
that is some sublime shit goin' on, Rocky Dude. What a lovely 36 hours we had, eh?
Ya can't make that shit up...
As ever, thanks for the skull massage.
Mama Hostess appreciated it.
Posted by: LJR | November 28, 2007 at 09:27 PM