Birthday Cake (Epilogue)

So it turned out to be an Oreo cheesecake, one of those fine confections with a base of ground up black chocolate cookies and a body of light cheesecake. Somewhere in there, we paid tribute to a forty-year veteran of life who still looks much as she always has, on the thin side of tall; on the graceful side of elegant; on the accomplished side of unassuming.

A good meal was had by all in the cellar room of the Jade Palace. That counts for a lot; and credit for that goes to the padawan, who has never ever disappointed in that category. The company was good. If I had to pick a list of 20 friends I would like to have invited to my 21st birthday party, almost every single one of them would have been there. Unfortunately, I'm now on the transalpine side of 40, so too bad.

And, oh yes, the fried cod was the most excellent fish ever.

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Note: She liked the cake and said so. This was a very good thing. *griN*