As it was with the beach party last summer, so Dopers meet for Valentine’s Day. The banquet hall is festooned with red hearts, silhouetts of Cupid, arrows, the word “Love” in scores of languages, and–something no Dopers’ Valentine party would be without-- a replica of the bullet-hole-riddled wall on North Clark Street.
Tables are set with the usual dishware, along with little boxes of Conversation Hearts, champagne glasses, cute party favors, and–at the head of each table–a heart-shaped box of chocolates. Pictrures of the Grerat Loveers of history line the walls, including Groucho Marx–as a joke.
Now Dopers start coming in, some in couples, some alone. Appropriately, the first one to enter the hall is…
Baker also brings in heart shaped, iced sugar cookies, with little heart-shaped pink and red sprinkles on them.
And chocolates too. There is a lovely chocolate shop here in Topeka, Hazel Hill’s. Pricey but worth it, they aren’t a chain. I’m wearing my t-shirt I bought there,
SAVE THE EARTH, IT’S THE ONLY PLANET WITH CHOCOLATE!
Dougie_monty says, “Just fine,” and samples an appetizer.
Just then a Doper couple approach. The wife is particularly attractive. Dougie blushes and says in a complimentary manner, “Some guys have all the luck.”
And all are interrupted by a loud crash as bobot falls and knocks over a table. Stumbling to his feet, never losing his grasp on the bottle of whiskey in his hand, and with a tear falling from his eye, he looks around and mutters: “Holly?”
That’s us! And we say to Dougie_montie, “Why, thank you, kind sir.” And I know I am very lucky, indeed.
We didn’t bring real champagne, but we did bring some zinfandel from the Paso Robles wine country. Would anyone like some? It is quite good.
We also brought See’s chocolates, a California treat. Not pricey, but it’s very good and always rates well in competitions against the pricey stuff. It is a good value, and it’s from just up the road from where we live. See’s is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
I remember See’s chocolates very fondly, from when I was stationed in Monterey, California. The See’s shop was the first candy store I’d seen that let you pick out individual chocolates. You could get a whole box of your favorites.
Sham champagne is fine, or that pink zinfandel. An appropriate color for the holiday. I want to feel mellow.
Hermit wanders in, alone, hoping someone will help him celebrate his 2nd anniversary of his liver and kidney transplant. Also, being separated, he wouldn’t mind meeting someone.
Don’t have much to bring, but is there anything I can help with?
