As indicated earlier this annual event, hosted by a couple who began the tradition when they were lonely California expats in Boston twenty years ago, was held on the first rather than the eighth of the month (it is always on a Saturday), and though the demographic was heavily skewed by an influx this year of soccer parents and the non-appearance of some cherished regulars, it was very well attended indeed, and a pleasant time appears to have been had by all. Of possible passing interest to this forum was the attendance of two sometime IWT contributors (apart from Your Humble Narrator and Only Friend), who show up in five of the eighteen images posted [link|http://homepage.mac.com/rcareaga/aus_pix/PhotoAlbum2.html|here].

cordially,

Alas, lashed as I was to a hot stove from 8:00 PM to nearly midnight, I did not have the opportunity to monitor the alcoholic intake of my retinue, who were unable to hover by my post because of the long line of customers awaiting my justly legendary chicken tacos. I can, however, report that neither IWT contributor appeared the worse for strong drink at the time those pictures were taken (about ten past eleven by the clock, as you will observe). I myself had had half a dozen beers by that point, but as I've noticed on a few other occasions, when the beers are going principally in the service of personal refrigeration, "hot stove" being by no means a figure of speech here, their intoxicating effect feels significantly attenuated.

I do regret that Ashton's hat (think [link|http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/tenniel/teaparty.png|Tenniel]) was not captured on a charge-coupled device.

cordially,