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OUR PARTY

The caterer came to walk through the place and make final plans today.

It is getting to be more real. A party for about 120 people on the 28th of this month.

We are having a buffet barbecue lunch. Top of the line stuff but still plain food; burgers, hot dogs and chicken but the best. He says that he even has good vegi-burgers. Unknown!

Western beans, two pastas, an asparagus salad with feta cheese. A cupcake pyramid for the cake. White injected with lemon clotted cream and the chocolate with chocolate mousse.

A chef and four servers and managers. We do nothing.

It is a nice way to celebrate our ten years on the desert and my 70th birthday.

It turns out that there are solutions for just about any problem that we can anticipate.

Rain? In the unlikely event, we will plan a week ahead to get a tent to cover the back patio.

People having places to eat? Standup tables.

Tablecloths.

All that.

I won't bore you.

We are not having balloons. I could just see him wince when we brought it up.

That's OK. We are going to a balloon store to get big balloons like they have on auto dealerships and fly them high out front so people can find us. Really. We won't fuck up the party ambience he has in mind.

There will be a guitarist. Eclectic. Jazz, Classical, Spanish.

Candid photos for everyone to get later maybe. At least us.

We are getting the patio pressure cleaned right before.

I can see the dollar signs mounting up. It's OK. It has been a good year in the portfolio.

It was a good meeting. We liked him a lot.

This guy is one of the best. We used to eat in his restaurant in Cathedral City 15 or so years ago when we first came here.

A downside?

Yes.

The big shocker: we get to keep the leftovers! Not an option. I hope that they eat it all.

We figured we could always parcel them out to friends.

I will keep you posted.