Last night's Tupper Supper took place at the Wilber-Himes residence, in the company of poodles and one out of sight and slightly out of its mind angry cat.
Alix prepared delicious couscous and vegetables, Jan brought her renowned salad of many colors, Michelle brought fruit, and Craig and Kathleen brought wine.
Andy announced at the start of supper that he's taking his monologue to two new venues: One, the Mt Zion Baptist Church, where he was invited to perform by the daughter of the pastor, who noted that she had seen his monologue on the same day that Obama gave his race speech, and saw an opportunity to further the dialogue in her own parish.
The second venue is CHAC, where Andy will be in May for 2 nights a week for 4 weeks. For that set of performances he will be working with a director, whose initial feedback is that Andrew must conjure up the sermonizing spirit of his grandfather and then meet that spirit with an equally vigorous sermon of his own. The CHAC production will also incorporate multimedia in the form of clips from "The Grim Reaper."
The tuppers joined in a rousing toast.
We had a chance to see how strong and healthy Sally is looking, as a result of her weights workout routine at Sound Mind and Body. Giving that woman a hug is a whole new experience now! It is AWESOME! You go, girl!!
Kathleen reported on an afternoon trip to the Magnolia heronry, where she spent time with huge gorgeous birds and caught many of them in candid poses.
Good wishes this weekend, please, to Craig for his GAGE Academy fundraiser, to Alix for success with the final RHH Literary Series for the year, to me while I escort my mom through surgery tomorrow, and to all of us tuppers, with our hopes and challenges.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Week of March 17
Hi all!
UPDATE: Tonight, those of us who are able will converge at RHH to watch Andy's monologue, and we will NOT sup together tomorrow night.
The performance starts at 7. My intention is to be there and eating by 6:30. Sal, I can pick you up at 6:10 if you want!
Here's the latest cooking schedule:
Wilber 3/26
Anderson: 4/2
Atkins: 4/9
Bultmann: 4/16
Byrd: 4/23
Himes: 4/30
Kosak: 5/7
I know of
UPDATE: Tonight, those of us who are able will converge at RHH to watch Andy's monologue, and we will NOT sup together tomorrow night.
The performance starts at 7. My intention is to be there and eating by 6:30. Sal, I can pick you up at 6:10 if you want!
Here's the latest cooking schedule:
Wilber 3/26
Anderson: 4/2
Atkins: 4/9
Bultmann: 4/16
Byrd: 4/23
Himes: 4/30
Kosak: 5/7
I know of
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Michelle's 45th
This was a wonderful evening to stop and reflect upon how fortunate we are to have Michelle Byrd as a part of our slap-happy coterie.
Thank you for everything, Michelle. You are a great friend.
We met at Cafe Piccolo -- alas, I was 25 minutes late for reasons too tiresome to go into, so I missed the kick-off. But when I arrived, small goody bags had already been handed out. Obviously Michelle's native American blood kicking in -- most of us expect to receive gifts on our birthdays but in the immortal tradition of the long house, Michelle celebrated by giving US stuff!
We were very lucky to have not only the full complement of tuppers, but also, Andrew Lamb and Kathleen's three grandchildren: Ashby, Sam, and Lilly.
We did the thing right, starting with appetizers and wine and proceeding dauntlessly through salads, entrees, deserts, and coffees. If there's a restaurant food category we didn't order, I don't know what it was.
More later!
Thank you for everything, Michelle. You are a great friend.
We met at Cafe Piccolo -- alas, I was 25 minutes late for reasons too tiresome to go into, so I missed the kick-off. But when I arrived, small goody bags had already been handed out. Obviously Michelle's native American blood kicking in -- most of us expect to receive gifts on our birthdays but in the immortal tradition of the long house, Michelle celebrated by giving US stuff!
We were very lucky to have not only the full complement of tuppers, but also, Andrew Lamb and Kathleen's three grandchildren: Ashby, Sam, and Lilly.
We did the thing right, starting with appetizers and wine and proceeding dauntlessly through salads, entrees, deserts, and coffees. If there's a restaurant food category we didn't order, I don't know what it was.
More later!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
March 5 update: Nada; schedule shifts
No tupper this week.
(See, it was going to be Alix's turn to cook but then everyone at Hugo House was sick and she had a thing where Lyall interviewed a recalcitrant songwriter, which made a good story but you couldn't make a meal off it, no way. It turned out everybody else had a thing, too, so we canceled for the week.)
Next week: Michelle birthday festivities at Cafe Piccolo with guest munchkin stars Ashby, Sam, and Lily.
For the record, I think this is how things look now:
Wilber 3/19
Anderson: 3/26
Atkins: 4/2
Bultmann: 4/9
Byrd: 4/16
Himes: 4/23
Kosak: 4/30
(See, it was going to be Alix's turn to cook but then everyone at Hugo House was sick and she had a thing where Lyall interviewed a recalcitrant songwriter, which made a good story but you couldn't make a meal off it, no way. It turned out everybody else had a thing, too, so we canceled for the week.)
Next week: Michelle birthday festivities at Cafe Piccolo with guest munchkin stars Ashby, Sam, and Lily.
For the record, I think this is how things look now:
Wilber 3/19
Anderson: 3/26
Atkins: 4/2
Bultmann: 4/9
Byrd: 4/16
Himes: 4/23
Kosak: 4/30
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Mushroom heaven
Supper this week was small -- we were short both Michelle and Sally, to our dismay! We congregated at Craig's house, which just keeps getting more beautiful, and a little darker.
Kathleen had brought her nearly completed Counting Coots book, and we took turns turning pages and voting on cover and title page shots. While there are no bad images in that book, the most beloved seem to be the black and whites. I personally cannot wait to take possession of my own copy. SO exciting. Darling things.
Craig made wonderful panini appetizers with Emmenthaler cheese that had been aged in a cave for three years. "Don't worry, I expect to have leftovers," he reassured us. He was disappointed -- sorry Craig!
Main course was an absolutely killingly delicious mushroom stew served over brown rice. Jan brought her usual "eat a rainbow" salad but unusually refrained from pointing out all the colors.
Indie was in great form.
Kathleen had brought her nearly completed Counting Coots book, and we took turns turning pages and voting on cover and title page shots. While there are no bad images in that book, the most beloved seem to be the black and whites. I personally cannot wait to take possession of my own copy. SO exciting. Darling things.
Craig made wonderful panini appetizers with Emmenthaler cheese that had been aged in a cave for three years. "Don't worry, I expect to have leftovers," he reassured us. He was disappointed -- sorry Craig!
Main course was an absolutely killingly delicious mushroom stew served over brown rice. Jan brought her usual "eat a rainbow" salad but unusually refrained from pointing out all the colors.
Indie was in great form.
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