The Season of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving (minus the whole historical actualities) is such a great season. A time to reflect on the friend and family you hold dear, and to give thanks for experiences from the past, present and future. Here is an homage to the present, or rather, an update as I've successfully neglected Glut with Guts for nearly a month.

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I hosted a small dinner party for close friends to celebrate a new quarter century. [Gasp] I think this is the first actual public acceptance of the fact that I am indeed, [gulp] now 25 years old.

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After a quick dinner at Ghramwich, +1 and I hurried to the Art Institute for a night concert of music from the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos in Bolivia, including scores recovered and restored by Chicago composer Gustavo Leone. Most of these pieces hadn't been heard in more than 300 years. Not to mention how cool it was to see a harpsichord actually being played!

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Sharx and I are fortunate to live in a neighborhood that appreciates the arts. We're just a mere blocks from the infamous Old Town School of Music, and from this quaint little used book store. We both thoroughly enjoyed perusing through the alley ways of books after books, layers upon layers. MY favorite find was a 1969 book titled, "Everything you wanted to know about sex: but were too afraid to ask." Sharx, however, was not too amused when I started reading the book aloud. I mean, the public's got a right to know, right?

(I'll spare some of the better questions in the book, topics ranging from sexual organs to orgasms and abortion, for a later post. It'll be a good one: I promise.)

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Oh Friends-giving, how I love you so. I'm so blessed to know such an entertaining and stylishly cute group of ladies! We shared in some good food and wine (pomegranate wine, anyone?), and soaked in each others companies. It was a kind of night to remember for a while.

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So to all of you out there, reading my rinky, dinky blog, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I'm as thankful for you as well as anyone, and wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday filled with thanks and love.