Moving On
So, I'll either let the last blog entry sit there glowing like an ember I shouldn't touch, or I'll move on. I'm moving on.But what to write about after such a dramatic reveal? I'll write about the Yum Yum Club, my fabulous group of friends who every Thursday night get together to eat! My favorite topic. Van, Michelle, her husband Karl, Nick, Nicole, and sometimes Dawn. What fun we have every Thursday night. All prompted by Michelle's New Year's resolution to see more of her friends every week. It's working and THEN some!
In concept, we're supposed to migrate around to our different apartments. In practice, we all flock to Michelle and Karl's apartment in Oakland like it's the latest religion. We love their loft. Can I say it again? We love their loft. Plus, Michelle cooks like no other on the planet. Five heart-attack mac-and-cheese comes to mind as I remember a recent down home splurge that left me rolling back to BART and nearly needing a cab to get up our hill back home once in the city. Another meal theme was inspired by the foods we loved as children. Van and I hosted a similar brunch a year ago where everyone had to bring a breakfast food they loved as a child (I'm still remembering the Honeycomb cereal!). At the recent dinner version of the same theme I brought spaghetti shells with Ragu. I forgot the orange Crush, which I was supposed to bring, reminding me of Saturday nights spent at my grandmothers house. She let us pick whatever we wanted at the store for dinner, as well as for the next morning's breakfast. It was always spaghetti shells, sauce out of a bottle, orange and/or grape Crush, and Doritos. For breakfast we always chose Apple Jacks. Yum!
So, what do I love about the Yum Yum Club? I love that it's kind of like getting into a giant sandbox every Thursday to let everything go. We play board games and drink good (sometimes not so good) wine. And we laugh. That's the most important thing. We laugh like third graders gone wild in Mazatlan.
How I love the Yum Yum Club. I'm a lucky one, I am. I love making every day count. Van and this great city of San Francisco have taught me that.
posted by Jay @ 6:09 PM
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Sounds like so much fun! Wish I could be a part of that.
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