PARTY!  OK.  So maybe it was more like "party".  Well whatever it was, last night GP and I went to a colleague's birthday festivities.  She is the Pre-K teacher at the school and she's quite the character.  She's British, speaks 4 languages fluently, has traveled, lived, worked all over the globe and looks like a tubby little grandmother.  At Halloween she was dressed in full ABBA regalia including skin tight florescent bell-bottoms and a huge Afro.  Her partner of three years is a man from Liverpool who sings in clubs professionally.  Last night they had various singer friends at the party and it was like being in a night club.  The party was held on their terrace where they'd strung up lights and erected a cabana for food and drinks.  The entertainment was fabulous.  One of the gal singers is an American raised Ghanian who has lived in Italy for 35 years.  She as dressed in tradition Ghanian gear with the head wrapping and flowing robe.  She was gorgeous swaying up at the mike singing jazz.  We had intended to just drop in and say "Happy Birthday" but the music was so good we stayed for 4 hours.  I even danced!  At one point they sang "You Can Leave Your Hat On" and a few of the older gals, (older than me even), tried to get our 6'4" South African Gym teacher to do a strip tease.  He wasn't going for it though he did dance around with a big straw hat on, surrounded by fawning women.
Today we're going to an apple festival that we discovered last year and enjoyed.  Then it's dinner with the Grandparents.  Finally really looking and feeling like fall. The leaves have changed, (as much as they do), and it's getting chilly.  Today is bright and sunny so should be nice to walk around and munch on apple goodies.  xxoo me