Ella and Francisco

How to even begin this post. I turned 40 this year in March. Despite the significant number, my birthday did not feel radically different from any other one I have had. That changed when I walked into the party that Ella organized for me in downtown Austin at Taste. This birthday was one of my best. Among the many memories I will always hold of this night:

• the beautiful table setting and menu card
• the many birthday cards (one with the naked backsides of elderly cartoon figures sticks out in my mind)
• the seemingly bottomless yet tastefully designed black plastic goblet
• the food and the wine (which seemed to magically appear in the previously mentioned goblet)
• the cupcakes from Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop
• flood of friends that came to share their favorite birthday jokes
• the loud and fervent references to Prostametto, an herbal prostate product that became a chant for one of the party-goers

Thanks to Ella and Kristi from Taste for making my birthday a truly memorable event!

Luckily, our big news was not discovered on this fine evening…

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