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July 1, 2006

The Taft*

drinks at hotel bar at 7:30

movie at 8:00

*actually "The Deck"

Prelude to a Movie Night:

The Graduate

As originally imagined, the event would be held at the O.Henry. As some of the more dedicated fans of this site may recall, the day was to include (1) pool drifting, (2) drinks at the hotel bar and (3) movie viewing in a hotel suite. Sadly, the O.Henry does not have a Room 568. In the end, *we* simply converted the Shortts' deck into the Robinsons' sun porch.

Benjamin, did you get a room? (the answer was no)

Elaine: beautiful, but was she truly worthy of white?

Katie also came as Mrs. Robinson. Katie wisely chose not to wear stockings.

Laurie eventually shed her stockings, too. It was all in character.

"Benjamin, do you have an ashtray? Oh, that's right, the track star doesn't smoke."

Mr. Robinson arrived quite late. He was delayed at Tahiti Tans.


Angela and Laurie vying for the same man's attention? Unheard of.

Best prop: the rejected shrimp mold

Runner up best prop: the portrait of Elaine. "Benjamin, have you seen Elaine's portrait?"

Most shameless ploy for attention: Lisa submerging in the hot tub.

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinsons. Because two middle-aged, psychotic, alcoholic, lecherous, benignly neglectful mothers are better than one.

On the menu: '60s hors d'oerves, including sausage balls, ham-wrapped olives, nut-n-cheeseball (the dish, not Laurie), cucumber and dill finger sandwiches, artichoke and spinach dip, stuffed cherry tomatoes, sweet gerkins (the pickles, not Kevin), deviled eggs, and the infamous shrimp mold (which only Laurie was brave enough to sample). Angela provided scrumptious desserts in the form of gooey cheesecake muffins (again, cheesiness was welcome) and a pineapple upside down cake (still uneaten, sitting in my kitchen on 7/5/06). We had planned to grill out a la the Braddocks, but the hors d'oerves (combined with the appetite suppressing cigarette smoke) proved sufficient sustenance.

Best costume: Angela was lovely, but Mrs. R is gonna have to go with Kevin, who, at 36, looked closer to 21 than Dustin Hoffman did in the actual movie. Lisa gets credit for dressing him, as always.

Random memorable moment: Three people trying to photograph Laurie's leg with Kevin in the background. It was the most exercise Laurie had gotten in quite awhile.

Best inauthentic costume detail: Angela's bare feet

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