Montisi memories

Tupper rumbled to a start on the balcony at Alix and Andy's, which afforded the finest view of a full lunar eclipse, the likes of which we'll not see again until 2010.

Plus we had the unveiling of Craig's lovely birthday gift to Alix, a painting of our beloved Montisi as looked back on from the hill opposite. Those rich Italian colors beckoned from the canvas. Craig is assembling a book of his paintings from the last couple years, which he will publish through Blurb, I think. We all want one.

Andrew made a luscious stir fry and noted he has two upcoming monologue performances, one in a private home, on at Hugo House, in March.

Kathleen is making a counting book of coots that sounds completely adorable. Coots make everything better. She left a little early so she could get enough sleep to take Josh to the airport for a morning flight, which she wanted to do and was happy to do, so don't give her any shit about it, goddamnit! She'd already smashed a bottle of wine on the front steps and had had just about enough.

Jan brought salad and Sally brought darling little Clementines that she found at Costco. They were so sweet and fine! And the wine came from a Costco 4-pack, as well (They have a superb sommelier.) It's obviously been way too long since Jan was at Costco.

Jan and Sal looked over the pictures from Amber's wedding in a photo book like the one Craig and Kathleen are making. The Coronado hotel sprawled down the beach like a sleepy old show-tunes star, elegant and lost in time. Some kind of special kick or sweetness of the past.

Oscar keened a bit, and Andrew, Sal, and Jan plumbed the nature and quality of said keening. No conclusions were reached.

Michelle, working late, was much missed.

2008 schedule reset

Hi friends,

Just trying to get us back to agreement on where we are. Here was the old 2008 schedule:

[Holidays, Kathleen birthday at Donn and Diane's]

Anderson: 1/9 (note guest Tim Harris)
Atkins: 1/16
Bultmann 1/23
Byrd 1/30 (guest Stacy and nice VIW fellow from Alaska)
Himes 2/6 (Postponed to Thurs for YA birthday at Picollo)
Kosak 2/13 (Moved to Sea Thai)
Wilber 2/20

Factoring in our various venue changes and schedule shifts, and picking up where we are now, here’s what we get:

Himes 2/20
Kosak 2/27
Wilber 3/5
Anderson: 3/12
Atkins: 3/19
Bultmann 3/26
Byrd 4/2

I feel like we're all still experiencing more stress and and confusion than we should be. Is that true, or is it all fine? Is the blog helping, or just a pain in the ass? Should we go back to e-mail broadcasts only?

Anyone who has ideas about how we can better decide, track, and share information about changes to the cooking schedule, eating venue, or addition of guests, please offer them up!

Thank you!

Jan