23 Thursday Jan 2014
Posted in With Friends
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I don’t cook.
Okay, so that’s not entirely true. More accurately, I don’t enjoy cooking anywhere near as much as I enjoyed being cooked for. It’s an interesting reverse of how I give gifts: I find much satisfaction in considering, hunting down, wrapping, and finally presenting a gift to friend or family.
With food though, I’ve been know to put out a call to the greater Facebook Universe practically pleading for someone to invite me over!
Brunch with friends? Yes, please.
09 Thursday Jan 2014
Posted in Jersey Moments
Following a brief, surprise illness and non-shocking snowstorm of tiny, icy flakes, we finally trekked down to Jersey to visit my partner’s family and mine to celebrate the winter holidays.
Some years the holidays are boisterous and busy. There doesn’t seem enough time to fit everyone in.
Other years, quiet. Dinner is skillfully and thoughtfully prepared. A life-long holiday with many traditions is distilled to the heart of its elements. People are missed. Presents cheerfully opened. Tea served.
03 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in Boston Moments, With Friends
In the wee morning hours of 2014, a surprise bedroom concert featuring my partner David on electric guitar, party host Adam on acoustic, vocals and lead bed-jumping, and friends on back-up vocals, harmonica, and drum-n-shaker hullabaloo.
Me on camera. Happy New Year!
01 Wednesday Jan 2014
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When I was a kid, my mother used to take my brother and me driving to see Christmas light displays around Coastal New Jersey. We especially enjoyed those surprise cul-de-sacs where it was obvious the neighbors engaged in friendly competition.
Bostonside (not surprisingly, I suppose), I don’t see much evidence of this love for the bright and twinkly, for those gaudy challenges to stake as many leaping plastic deer on the lawn as possible. Bostonside, subtley reigns.
I guess some might consider these simple strands stodgy, but I rather consider the situation: different folks, different strokes of light.
