Getting together with friends and family

[ellen_datlow]

Yesterday evening, Kris Rusch-- in town enroute to a French book tour (lucky her!)-- and I had a lovely, gossipy dinner at Miracle Grill, the nouvellete tex mex place near the beginning (or end, depending on your pov) of Bleecker Street. We caught up on our lives and dished the dirt! Lots of fun (my lips are sealed). She'll be stopping over in NYC on her way back in a few weeks but she'll be with a friend new to NY and probably won't have time to get together.

Tomorrow night is the monthly KGB reading --it celebrates the publication of The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. Jeff Ford, Karen Russell, Veronica Schanoes, and Geoffrey Godwin will be reading. We'll be heading to Grand Szechuan on St Mark's Place for dinner afterwards for anyone who'd like to join us.

Thursday I'll be visiting my folks and wishing my dad Happy 91st birthday (it's the 25th). I tried posting a photo of him and my mom but it didn't work...oh well, you can see them on my flickr account in the "Datlow family in Tanglewood" set if you want.

Comments

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yup and he's still standing and still alert (usually).

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

It's very unusual for men to reach that age in such good condition. He must be special.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

He was shot down over German (he was the navigator) during WWII and was in a POW camp for 18 months or so till the end of the war. I didn't realize it when growing up but he was a "jock"--he used to play softball a lot when I was a kid. He took up tennis about twenty years ago and played till about four years ago regularly. He's had knee problems over the years and has (a lot) of aches and pains, but internally nothing's wrong with him.