Atlanta, GA. Ki's apartment. Went to Ideal, Georgia today to celebrate Lois Bone's 90th birthday. It was a surprise party held at the train depot in Ideal. All guests brought a dish or two, everyone sat at 8 foot collapsible tables on folding chairs in a large fluorescent-lit room and we ate buffet style. What's on the menu? Potato salad, pulled bbq'd pork, creamed corn, green beans (swimming in broth), pineapple-cheese casserole, other bean dishes, squash casserole, and iced tea. The soy-baloney broccoli quiche came from Lori who's from southern Cal. I ate almost everything twice. Then I had two desserts.

It's such a human life experience to be with this family when they gather like this - it is the quintessential American South. Making a visit like this is enjoyable, as a visit is to a museum in NYC. I feel as if I am an observer of a cultural splice of life. It's a view into the incredibly different lives of other people as compared to my own. Pretty curious.