speaking of party hearty ...

reverb10 prompt #9: Party Prompt: Party. What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans. (Author: Shauna Reid)

party? the invitation musta got lost in the mail. that darn Post Office.

addendum:
upon reflection, there actually have been a couple of parties this year. didn't think of them at first because i was focused on PARTY, as in big honkin' party where everyone dresses up and drinks champagne, LOL.

au contraire, mon frere. all year long there are little occasions that might actually constitute a party. obviously there's my own birthday party (November), but it was small, understated and tasteful. so of course i'd forgotten about it. except for the fantastic waiter who got into the party mode, instigated trouble, kept the vino flowing, and even composed his own special "mo" songs all during the repast. big, big tip.

and last August i was invited to an author's party by my friend, jami, who had just published her first book, A Kindred Spirit. some people dressed up, some people dressed down. i myself chose to wear mismatched sandals to celebrate the occasion. and a raucous good time was had by all. hors d'oeuvres were served, as was wine. and of course we toasted the author and her book with champagne in flutes, as one should upon such a momentous occasion ;)

in October there was the pre-NaNoWriMo party at the Frontier Restaurant. quite the crowd gathered, in all sundry of garb, to ramp up for the annual writing fest we all know and love that takes up the month of November with a flurry of writing, thinking about writing, thinking about thinking about writing, procrastinating, throwing up of hands in despair. some people actually manage to drag themselves across the 50k-finish line, only to collapse in a heap on December 1. yeah, buddy, let the good times roll.

and really, siriusly (nod to pkd), isn't almost any get-together with a friend or friends a party, a cause to celebrate? even some phone calls can be considered a party, especially the 3-hour ones from Ireland. ask my Irish brother. i think he wears his sweatpants with suspenders for these parties.