Friends, theater, food, reading, laughter...

...it just doesn't get better than that. Many of you will recognize Kendall, on the left. And that's our friend Nan, who'd just finished reading a piece she wrote about her relationship with her daughter -- tender, poignant, funny, beautiful. Everyone around the table =a talented writer and appreciative listener.

We'd all just come from seeing Wicked - the second time for Laurie and me - and just finished a good meal at Old Wives Tales, a longtime favorite of Portlanders of a certain age (and, previously, a certain sexual orientation), well known for their fabulous Hungarian mushroom soup. A day well spent.