If the ringing-in party was any indication, 2008 is going to be a rip roaring good time.
Bob, Bill, Cathy, Chuck, Darrell, Deb, Doug, Greg, Greg, Jeremy, Kim, Kristi, Kristy, Lynn, Lori, Lori, Max and a good number of our kids all have an alibi for at least a portion of the evening.
This was our fifth annual. We've had some good ones in the past, but 2008 took the cake for me. Repeat customers, please chime in.
(Props: Chuck, Bill, Deb, and Max have attended - no, driven - all five)
Not all of our good friends could make it, but I'm very thankful for the mix that was here (and about those who weren't, I lovingly say, fuck em - they shoulda been). The Playboy Mansion may have had a (slightly) sexier party, but there weren't more laughs there. And the food and drink weren't as good there either. Kudos to Chuck for heading up the R&D Team for the menu (a beef martini? seriously). Thanks, everyone, for bringing your savory gems, sharp wit, verbal jabs, just desserts, and clean close shaves.
Jeremy left with a good head start before Greg even got here and got going. Not one to waste time though, he got up to speed pretty quickly. Once Kristy has the baby, we'll all have to get back together and pick up where we left off. We almost got Max to do the baby, we did get Darrell to do the Apache, and we had to stop Bill from being a sucka MC (I like Rob Base too, man). Kim started a chant about Kristi that I could only hear from the other room ("shirt! shirt! shirt! shirt!" - not sure if there was a poker game of some sort going on in there, but that's usually a good chant at a party), Deb added to her list of victims of the spit take (good bonding experience) and I dumped an entire coffee martini on an innocent bystander ("shirt! shirt! shirt!" - oh, sorry). No shortage of laughter.
We've been reflecting on it since we closed up (at about 4:30 a.m., with the hardcore partiers), and I just wanted to thank everyone for your contributions to a great time and a terrific start to a so-far banner year. There were too many highlights to list and too many libations to remember them all anyway.
Good friends, good times...
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Was it because of his close shave that Greg showed up twice on the list of attendees?
Endearing as Greg Galiza's close shave was, equally memorable to the event is the inimitable Greg "Vato Blanco" Chavez. I listed alphabetically to give cadence to the novelty that we had two Gregs, two Loris, a Kristi and a Kristy.
And the closeness of Chavez' shave was less evident, since he didn't try to nuzzle me.
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