With Lauri and Jim

We spent a delightful evening with Lauri and Jim, Jacob and Judd and their new puppy.

Lauri whipped up mountains of delicious chicken wings and we washed them down with three bottles of wine, a spectacular bottle of Madeira and some brandy.

We spread the drinking out over about a six-hour period, so no one got really blasted, although I did, however, appoint Maria as the designated driver.

We hated to leave and won’t rest until we’ve lured them down to Arkansas to live in the glorious temperate climate of the Mid-South.