May 30, 2010 - Meeting at Claire's - Bretton Woods

Report by Mary Jo Stephens
Hello All:

We had a wonderful time at Claire's condo today (THANK YOU SO MUCH CLAIRE)!!!! Another spectacular, clear view of Mt. Washington along with great friends, wonderful food and plenty of wine!!! Book discussion was on The Cellist of Sarajevo (Marlena's pick) which everyone seemed to agree was a compelling book that we all wanted and couldn't wait to finish. The general consensus was that all 3 people in the book came to live a somewhat normal life and didn't give in to hopelessness and wouldn't allow the snipers to kill their spirit. Many yummy appetizers (veggies & dip, scoops & salsa dip, blue cheese & crackers, blue corn chips & salsa) & wine was consumed while the discussion was going on. We then chose our next book for July (Patricia's pick) which will be "We Took to the Woods" by Louise Dickinson Rich. Patricia will check with Selena for future books since the library is closing in 2 weeks and will update us on what she finds out.

Schedule for the next two months is as follows: June 27th-Mists of Avalon at Judy's house (time to be determined)
July 25th-We Took to the Woods at Diane's house (time to be determined)
August picks are for Stephanie

We were then treated to a fabulous dinner (Chicken & Veggie Kabobs-made by Claire & Joy with the help of Carol at the grill), grilled asparagus, a large tossed salad, sticky rice & bread. Followed by numerous fabulous desserts (Strawberry Cake (made with 5 lbs. of butter), Rubarb Pie, Lemon/Blueberry Cheesecake and a Creamy Mocha Frozen Dessert. WAY TOO MUCH FOOD! Actually the discussion at dinner and after was the highlight of the day, talking about HOT MEN IN UNIFORM (Diane & Joy were specifically referring to a cop in Campton & NY respectively) and we then thought how much fun it would be if we had a man in our book group but he would have to wear a different uniform each month and it couldn't be a postman! There was also some talk about a squeaky bed that Joy was referring to. LOTS and LOTS of good laughs and fun was had by all. For those of you that couldn't be there, we missed you terribly (especially you Kathy, who we are all hoping and praying that you get well soon so we can see your smiling face again!)

I've attached a few pics for you to see and will also post more on FB for those of you on there. If anyone would like more information on what we discussed today, just ask one of us and we'd be happy to elaborate......I would have put this on the blog, but for some strange reason I'm unable to do it, so sorry.

Hope you all have a wonderful June and enjoy Mists and see you on the 27th at Judy's.
Mj