magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

A few weeks ago, when it looked as if spring and its accoutrements, warm weather being first among them, was just around the corner, Julia sent out plans for her birthday, a Saturday afternoon picnic, but with today's temperature barely breaching the 40s, she relocated to her house instead.

I stopped by Whole Foods on the way down to pick up some vegan snack treats, and arrived in Park Slope around 3:00, just as food was being laid out and other people were ringing the doorbell too. And although it wasn't brunch, just hanging out with a bunch of people in the afternoon is fun, and a kind of summery thing to do, and even inside, it seems like spring is trying real hard to happen.

We ate and talked. And played "dirty" pictionary for a while. And watched some of The Ten Commandments on TV, as well as part of a documentary about cat shows.