After our Saturday night trip down to Joe's to attend an Irish music concert in his area, we returned to the cottage Sunday to get ready for the Big Par-tay: Teri had requested a multi-birthday gathering on her arrival with Tris and Al this weekend, to celebrate everyone's natal day since God knows when.
Fourteen people arrived at our little cottage by Sunday afternoon. They were Teri, Tris, and Al (Chace); Teri's best friend Barb, her husband Heru, and their three lovely kids; Joe (Kathie and Josh are in London); Julie and Bryan, Danny and Stef, and Steffie's boyfriend Jaque.
We partied hearty – with lots of potluck food, a nice bit of beer and wine and sodas, and birthday cupcakes for dessert. The four younger kids hung out in the big back bedroom, playing their own kind of crazy music on my piano and Tris's electronic keyboard thing that he brought along; the grownups gathered in the parlor for some fine jazz licks provided by our two guitarists (Al Chace and Barb's husband Heru) – and of course: lots of love and laughter. We sang a group "Happy Birthday/Cha cha cha" song, and gave presents to the Birthday Kids, and told stories and laughed a lot.
Today it's so quiet! We went to breakfast this morning at our funky Rainbow's End cafe. Now John has taken Teri, Tris and Al up to Big Basin State Park for a hike, and I'm blessedly alone here -- the post/party cleanup is done finally, and we're planning a quiet evening by the fire for the five of us, with a pasta supper and early bed.
I'm so glad to have Teri here, however briefly, and to meet Al; and Tris is a delightful house-guest.
Tomorrow we hope to get together with Julie, and Tris will stay overnight at her place to spend some time with Cousin Danny.
Wednesday morning Teri and Al will pick Tris up at Julie's and meet Joe at the Monterey Aquarium for a tour of that great spot – and then the visitors will drive down to Santa Barbara for a couple of days in the Southland.
On their way back to SFO, they hope to stop off somewhere near here (perhaps in the San Jose area) where we can meet them for an early supper, before their overnight flight back to the East Coast.
I'll try to keep you up on this visit over the next few days, so stay tuned.
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