Allegra's 30th Birthday: New location

Friends,

We have moved the location of the birthday party from Chesterfield Rd. in Milton to:

Sholley Residence
77 Morton Rd.
Milton, MA

An extra-special thank you to Joanie and Adam for hosting my big event at their beautiful home.



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Today is Steph Aldrich's birthday

Stephanie Aldrich was a girl with rocketship-red hair and a great pocketbook in my French class, that September of my first year at Notre Dame Academy. Steph wore boas and cat-eye sunglasses, angora sweaters and crystal jewelry, and she always had PixiStix or Smarties in her bag. During free period, Steph and I would to sit on the floor in the hallway in front of her locker, and I would put my head in her lap and she would play with my hair. Such is love for girls who are 14 years old.

Steph and I wrote many small books together, including 'Ideal Man', our lengthy list detailing the perfect boyfriend. He was to have a crinkly smile and brown eyes (Steph's idea) and be able to recite Shakespeare on command (my idea). On the first page, Steph penciled in a chiseled male torso and wrote, "Just a thought."

Today, Steph has grown up to be a hard-working elementary school principal with an almost supernatural talent for reading kids' minds. She lives in a hillside house in Vermont across the street from a luxury resort, where she keeps a garden of fantastic flowers. Her rocket-red head of hair hair has grown out into wide, shoulder-length waves. When I hang out with her in her living room, my feet resting in her lap and her cat pawing its way across the top of the couch, I feel like I am 14 again. Time-travel: Such is love for lifelong friends. What do people do without it?

Birthday Slash Memorial Day Party

You are invited to a Birthday-Slash-Memorial-Day cookout to celebrate Allegra's 30th birthday!

When: Saturday May 30, 2 p.m.
Where: Suzanne and Joe Moynagh's, 37 Chesterfield Rd., Milton MA

Please RSVP in the comments, so we know who to expect.

Music, drinks, cake, and, best of all, face-time with ALLEGRA!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you there!

Guest List

Sholleys: Adam, Joanie, George, Annie, Pete
Moynaghs: Joe, Suzanne, Lucy, John Joseph
Moynaghs: Mary, Fuzzy, John, Dan (?), Jooj
Manzis: Peter, Tee Tee, Cal, Weetie
Miras: Christopher
Mum
Jane M. and friend
Uncs: Jay and Maura, Tony and Pete
Sheahans: Kathy, TJ, Aidan, Liam
Padros: Jane, Juan, Juanito, Miguel and Rebecca
Friends: James and Jess, Richie, Gavin, Steph and David, Naomi and Greg, Laurie and Zach, Christian, Tiffiniy, Joe Devlin, Meghan, Donna
Anne Elise
Mungovans: Liz, Chris, Mary Beth, Rich
Thompsons: Keenan and Liam
Mal and Peter
Am I forgetting someone? Please post in the comments!

I am turning 30.

At 11:11 a.m. on May 30th, I will officially become 30 years old.

Our culture arbitrarily assigns the number "30" to our earth-years as a milestone year -- a year to examine one's position in life, and to determine how successful one is.

Of course, the markers for success are up for debate.

And since I am a self-examining lady by nature, I am comfortable with this.