Bernie's Barbecue

For those who missed out on Bernie’s barbecue, here’s some info:

Interview by Mary Ann

Q: When did Bernie’s Barbecue take place?
A: Well, it took place on Sunday, February 6, 2005…the day of the Super Bowl. People arrived around 1:00 p.m. I promptly arrived at 2:05 p.m.

Q: Did the gang get together for the Super Bowl game?
A: Actually, no. That was a coincidence. We wanted to get together just because. It also gave us a chance to celebrate Janine’s birthday. Although Janine’s birthday is technically on the 7^th, I believe she looked an inch higher at Bernie’s house, even though Janice mentioned that growing an inch can only happen on thee birthday date.

Q: So how was the event?
A: Well, let me put it this way… as soon as I walked into the room, I already felt comfortable. It’s like that show, “Cheers,” where everybody knows your name, you know? Gladys even handed me a margarita as soon as I walked in. Is that hospitality or what?

The kids were there too…Kaylin, Malia, CJ, Tommy and Victor. All of them are adorable…and growing up so fast. Of course, with Victor being the smallest, we passed him around like a cute hot potato.

Q: What did you eat?
A: Bernie provided an assortment of food for everybody – from salad to chips to guacamole to Mexican rice to chicken to beef to prawns to flan. Oh, and the mushrooms… they tasted soooo good. (By the way, Bernie’s kitchen was renovated so it looked like something from one of those shows like While You Were Out. It was pretty nice.)

The desserts that Janice brought were delicious too. Three of us craved over the tart with the peaches and strawberries on top.

Q: What did you talk about?
A: Well, I don’t know what everyone talked about but when we sat around the table, we talked about Ken’s Noah's Bagel dance, American Idol, how guys might cook, transgender issues and therapists.

Q: What else did you do?
A: We turned on the Super Bowl game as background. Ken watched it while most of us chitted and chatted as usual. While some of us were buzzed from the margaritas, or high on sugar, we tried to figure out when to do Girls Night Out. Bernie took the plastic off of her computer so I could use the Internet to do some research.

Q: How did the day end?
A: Later, Janice and her family went home and the rest of us stayed to play Cranium Conga. Through that game, I learned that Bernie would like a new car, Karen would like to meet Jesus, Janine rode the roller coaster more than 100 times in her lifetime, Gladys had gum in her hair two times in her lifetime, and I look like a lemur.

Q: Do you think everyone had a good time?
A: Of course. : )