First off, I forgot my camera! I brought the battery charger, the car charger...but, NO camera! So, I have NO pics!

Second off, WHAT A GREAT TIME! We got into Chicago on Friday night, and went downtown Saturday morning/mid afternoon. Then, mom and I looked at our watches and saw we better get back outta there if we were going to make the Garden Party on time.

We arrived at ES palace at 4 pm, exactly. We saw Kimmy as we were getting out of our car. Already there were Sara and Don, Debbie, Barbara and Siegmar, Basement Girl, and the Ees. A short time later we were joined by Gavin and his mom (Betsy), Terry (as in Debbie and Terry), Don's son, and a friend of Sara's, AND Shirley the Squirrel was on the high wire.

It was SO wonderful to meet everyone, just wonderful. We talked, and ate, and talked, and ate (though I seemed to be doing more of the eating than others ). We saw Kia's 15 minutes of fame on the local news, we saw the Europa CD, we saw pictures of Filou and Tigris, pictures of HH and Eddie, AND HH and Eddie in RL!!! (Real Life). It was just a fabulous time.

Our Hostess and Host were the 'mostest', and this was a high-light of my summer!