Two years ago we hosted a progressive dinner block party. My neighbor across the street hosted the dinner part. She is deeply passionate environmentalist. Her priority was to host the party without using any paper products. I contributed to effort by offering our back-up dishes which were carried across the street for the party. It was a huge success, many people attended, and at the last minute we ran back to our house to grab more plates. All of our dishes minus the three in the dishwasher attended the party that year.
Christmas and New Years came and went. The plates were not returned. Irritated to be washing the same 3 plates all of the time, but not concerned because we are at work a lot- and it may be difficult to catch us at home.
On a icy Saturday afternoon 3.5 weeks after the party my neighbor showed up at the door. With a nervous laugh she told us she was carrying the plates across the street, the dog pulled the leash, and they all fell, breaking into pieces. All that was left were two dinner plates and a cereal bowl.
It really was not a problem. Still stock at the Crate&Barrel the dishes were replaced.
What was unusual was the time line, the story and the odd delivery of news. Made me wonder if there was more to the story- let my imagination run wild. Late night fight with throwing of dishes perhaps? We will never know.
We did not have a block holiday party last year, but this year my husband and I hosted......
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