Tonight, I had a lovely time with the R. family, whom I met the first year I moved to Richmond. Daughter Mara was one of my two teaching assistants, and her mother and I hit it off from the get-go. For the last few years, I’ve spent many holidays at the R. home, joining them for Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Yom Kippur, and just for a nice dinner. So it’s a great pleasure to me to be able to return the hospitality. My apartment really wasn’t a good place for hosting dinners, but my condo is a perfect place for it. And, it turns out, a good place for Wii bowling, as well.
We had latkes, of course, and the roast chicken came out perfect. Sam brought his home-made chocolate chip cookies for dessert (very good. Unfortunately, Tig and Gracie hid upstairs. I got Tig out by bribing him with Fancy Feast, so Sam and Mara did get to meet him. Their parents met him last time. I think there were just too many new people for the cats to absorb. But Sam’s going to come over again tomorrow, and help me get the hard top on my Jeep, so it’s highly likely that Tig will come out for him.
In the meantime, the last virtual menorah picture until next year.
I’m off to bed. It’s been a long day.
I like your menorah :) I wanted to share mine with you for next year. Happy Chanukah!
Comment by Jared — 12/29/2008 @ 6:32 pm