We dropped max off for his flight hime around 7:30 this morning. it’s been such a great visit with him. he is such a great mix of wonderfulness..
From there , DIane and I went to the place where Fluffy is being kept. It’s in the old Fitness Edge building in Williston.
We put in about 2 and a half hours of prep for new years including winding a new stainless steel wool halo for the poofer and getting the dance floor lights wired up given that we’re goign out with only one side clouded. Everyone is excited for Wednesday !
we had to head home bacuse my freind Suzanne and her family were in town and coming for dinner.
As part of dinner, diane showed me the miracle of her cold frames.. despite -6 degree weather this week, the greens in cold frame are still doing great. She cut form fresh rosemary for the focaccia while I ate a tone of parsley.. I love parsley !!!!
Suzane, her husband HansMaaarten, their 9 year old son Illia and their friend Kim showed up around 6. Suzanne is a a Prof at NYU (where My dad went to college ) > she a cognitive neuroscientist and performance artist.. Just my kinda people. HansMaarten is an architect, Ki is a Designer/Strategist at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC.
They are all really smart and fun people Suze, Hans Maarten and Illia are Dutch and switch between languages magically. it was fun hearing their stories .. Kim is fascinating too. she soemtimes lives up here in Vermont , just up the road in Williston. We’d love to see her more when she’s up. Gabe came home .. Games a Cancer biologist.. and Kim is a strategist at the most prestigious cancer treatment and research center in the s.. or maybe in the world. THye had lots to talk about !
Suzanne and I worked with our friends Sean and Gregg on our freind Mike’s Xenbox project last year. We had Miek and Bob Weir of ht e Grateful diad play music while we gathered EEG and other bometeric info from them (see here ). the project is still moving ahead.. though slowly..
in that project I came to really respect Sze and her colleagues creativity and technical skills. It was so fun getting to host them here !
We made home made pasta on the ‘guitar, diane made foccawsia and Kim amade soem delicious Eggplant parmigiana. It was so much fun spending tiem with them all. .!
I would love to find a way to work with Sue and her group on another project !.
ok. tomorrows new years ever. we hope to see size and family there tomorrow too !
nite all, nite sam
-me