Golly, Gosh, Wow
My meter for measuring summer/spring happiness was set by a Riunite commercial I saw when I was seven. The image I remember, that I try to capture, is of linen-clad adults seated in comfy deck chairs near a lake at someone’s summer house. The sun is setting and the light turns that delicious caramel color. Broad smiles shine over the rim of a glass of Riunite Asti Spumante. And, my, how they laugh!
I don’t try to find the exact setting because I don’t have a summer place nor know anybody who does and it will be a cold day in Hell before I bring Riunite anything to my lips, but that feeling of relaxation, comfort, and joy is what I chase.
This weekend was lovely. On Friday, Phineas, Stephen, and I met up in Wicker Park and grabbed some pizza while scoping out the very declasse foam/mesh trucker hat. We sat a spell in Bigwig, then attended a gallery opening. But were were not done! At midnight, we cruised to the Music Box and watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Phineas and I started Saturday early and drove up to Milwaukee to visit the absolutely fucking stunning Milwaukee Art Museum. If you haven’t been, you must. The MAM looks like heaven’s waiting room. Or an airport. Either one. We saw one of my favorite conceptual art pieces by Robert Gober and a bizarre Bill Viola. We had a lovely lunch in the Brady Street district and headed home. We swung by the Naturalizer outlet and I scored some super comfy, moderately cute sandals for $12.
That night, we had a lovely dinner at the Creperie to welcome Louisa back to America. The group trekked to Gramercy on Lincoln and I had two very potent, very yummy gin martinis. Decadent.
We loafed for most of Sunday, puttered about. Enjoyed the day. On Monday, we cleaned up the place, and prepped food to take to the Cooper-Huffs delightful condo up in Roger’s Park. We had a truly delightful time, enjoying both the 70 degree weather and chat with our hosts. Andrew treated Phineas to a bit of his very nice, very rare Ladyburn scotch.
And we headed home and collapsed. A lovely weekend. A Riunite weekend.
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Note: No actual Riunite was consumed during the making of this post. At least not at our house.
I actually get that theme song stuck in my head sometimes, on days like this. But, I agree, the thought of Riunite, let alone Riunite on ice, Ickf! Phack! Ptooey!
But, a little sun and the relaxing and smiling with friends part certainly rounded out our wonderful weekend. Made going to work a little bit hard today, but I better get used to it now. I’m hoping for a long, long summer.
Cinn – I totally have the same thing. “Riunite, tastes so nice…” Ugh.