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Miss Cleveland and Big Bones had us over this afternoon and dropped a bombshell in the middle of the visit: they're considering a move to Paris. (Well, the western faubourgs.) My immediate reaction was, naturally, "What about me?" Why does everyone I like in this town either wash their hands of me or move away? Ah well; it isn't a done deal yet, and it should spur me on to spend more time with them while I can.
It was a fabulous afternoon to be on their deck, at least until the sun dropped below the level of the umbrella and began to toast us all. I thought Miss Cleveland wasn't up to entertaining in his usual style, but you'd never suspect what he'd been through with the way he piled on the fresh fruit and homemade cookies. He says he cut back on the plantings this year, but they still include two tree-like oleanders and a jasmine.
Afterwards it was a cocktail party at our old realtor's, which served to remind me that whatever else I learned from my mom's relatives I goddamn sure learned to mingle. One of the guests is friends with a professor at work I've been inadvertently stalking (he tends to take the same shuttle a lot) who is brothers with Dan Savage. I'm tempted to walk up to him next time we're waiting at the stop and say, "Erin and Ray told me to say 'hi'!"
It was a fabulous afternoon to be on their deck, at least until the sun dropped below the level of the umbrella and began to toast us all. I thought Miss Cleveland wasn't up to entertaining in his usual style, but you'd never suspect what he'd been through with the way he piled on the fresh fruit and homemade cookies. He says he cut back on the plantings this year, but they still include two tree-like oleanders and a jasmine.
Afterwards it was a cocktail party at our old realtor's, which served to remind me that whatever else I learned from my mom's relatives I goddamn sure learned to mingle. One of the guests is friends with a professor at work I've been inadvertently stalking (he tends to take the same shuttle a lot) who is brothers with Dan Savage. I'm tempted to walk up to him next time we're waiting at the stop and say, "Erin and Ray told me to say 'hi'!"
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