i'm grilling in the rain

had my bday bash on saturday night. woke up to gray raining weather. that wasn't going to slow me down. at noon, the chief, wolverine and me went downtown to the fish market for jimmy's super delight and to bring back a couple dozen raw oysters for the grill out. it was pouring, cold, and miserable.

at 4:30, the clouds broke and sun came peering out. amazing.

we had a great time, though it was a bit cold. keeping the cooler of beer outside encouraged folks to keep hanging out the backyard.

the night ended with some rock band, included singing soundgarden's spoonman to the chief's own version of jimmy's special sauce. you had to be there.

the cheese was awesome for doing a ton of work to set up and to clean up afterwards. wolverine did most of the grillwork and the food turned out great. and dr. w whipped up delicious fresh strawberry cupcakes from scratch. finally, mpg made a surprise visit. he caught the evening train down to dc, shan del shan picked him, they hung out, and then mpg caught the 3 am train back to philly. that's dedication.

the only down was that my brother had some kind of stomach bug and spent a lot of the weekend sick and puking. he hung in like a champ, though

pics to follow. in the meantime, i'm headed to the ville with a pit stop in atlanta this friday for recruiting at the alma mater; dr. wintermute is on her way to new orleans for a conference.