{"id":347,"date":"2004-09-20T19:47:13","date_gmt":"2004-09-20T19:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=347"},"modified":"2004-09-20T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2004-09-20T19:47:13","slug":"wedding-bells-and-bellies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"wedding bells and bellies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did not turn on my computer once this weekend! Saturday I attended and helped out at a friend’s daughter’s wedding, so I was only home for a couple of hours (I helped in the morning, the ceremony was in the afternoon, and the reception was in the evening). It was a beautiful wedding and went off without a hitch. One interesting part of the wedding was the Lithuanian wedding cake, also known as the “horny cake.” You can see why (the cheesecake is for those who like their pastries without spikey protrusions):
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\nI didn’t taste it myself, but one guy I asked said it was not terribly delicious. It was shipped from the midwest somewhere and arrived entombed in bubble wrap. I imagine it’s like hardtack with icing.
\nSo Sunday I went up to San Jose for the Desert Dance Festival<\/a>, a belly dancing festival. Ha ha! Yes indeed! It was not as huge as I had anticipated, but it was still very interesting. There were many vendors selling all sorts of shiny things, and dancers shaking their appendages off on stage. The great thing was cancer-killing Megan came along with her friend Cynthia, who is a belly dancer. When Megan walked up to me, I didn’t recognize her right off because of her chemo curls. I have known Megan for over 20 years, and she has always had straight, fine hair. Now she has curls. You might be able to tell if she weren’t making a silly face here during our nice, leisurely lunch at Il Fornaio<\/a>:
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\nAnd here’s Cynthia “trying on” a costume:
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\nIt was a long day, but you only live once, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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