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May 16, 2006
Mother's Day Weekend
On Saturday, I juggled a Mother's Day Tea Party (hosted by the women of the Write Again Soon family) and an evening with the May Birthday Girls. While the timing was a little tight, it went off without a hitch.
Four hours of sweeping, baking, vacuuming, washing dishes, and making tiny sandwiches paid off when 2 dozen people showed up to celebrate Mother's Day. Half of the group was my friends (and their mothers) and the other half was my mom's friends (and their kids). Jess came along for the ride, but didn't have any guests of her own (except for Janie, who by herself is enough of a guest for anyone to handle). We sipped tea, ate quiche, nibbled lady fingers, and generally caught up on everyone's news. Of particular note was the just-noticed ability of our men to pull together an "afternoon tea" look that was both manly and sophisticated, yet with a touch of tea-time panache. Well done indeed.
Of course, the tea ran over its anticipated schedule (how could it not, with such delightful guests?) and I had only 2 minutes to change out of my dress into jeans and a sweater for my evening with Ms. ADA (two times in one weekend!) and Ms. Fomer Co-Worker and Current Poker-Playing Friend (PPF from now on) of sushi and basketball.
We drove down to the Verizon Center and caught a meal of sushi and tapas at Sushi Go Round and Tapas, a weird combination I know. Nonetheless, it was delicious and a perfect start to the evening. We delved into gossipy things (like girls do) and confirmed that we are, undoubtedly, far more perfect than the average person on the street.
We finished up the evening at the Mystics pre-season game. Ms. ADA has season tickets--perhaps the best seats in the entire place, so we had the perfect view to watch the Mystics beat the Houston Comets. I'm not a huge basketball fan, so I probably missed a lot of the more technical aspects of the game, but I thoroughly enjoyed it anyway. And no matter what everyone else thinks, I stand by my comment that a constantly moving basket would enliven the game. When the NBA finally decides to try it, I want everyone to remember that *I* was the originator of that idea.
