Been two years since the last Memorial Day parade. Familial feelings, friend forays, brothers & sisters, mothers & daughters, fathers & sons— hence, long lost embraces. Hugs, handshakes, high-fives long gone. And in the words of Britney:
IT’s BEEN AWHILE
Tomorrow’s never coming, we reckoned and figured and fumed. Calm confusion brought along some benign side effects of latent loneliness. Technology’s “near factor” helped. Texting & FaceTime brought us closer to sons & daughters, yes! However, heart’s heavy absence lingered. But hey now. Hey now! Tomorrow is upon us.
And only just now, loved ones, your parents seeing the grandkid for the first time. Or her mom, just in from Istanbul & staying for weeks! Or me, here & greeting you inside a small market space. Comfortable cliches. And like riding a bike, it all comes back. Weird wobbly start, but we’re picking up speed,
MEMORIAL WEEKEND: Coming off a lunar eclipse on the 26th, Jupiter aligning with Mars, an old-new-way dawning on a relaxed holiday weekend. Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer. Hungry? Well… Party started. And yes, we’ll be here:
Saturday & Sunday- Both days till 3. Three!
Hamburgers! Hotdogs! New York strip steak! It’s time for chicken breasts & ribeye steaks, shrimp skewers, swordfish & thick tuna steaks on a red hot Weber. Grilling salmon, smokin’ baby back ribs, steamin’ lobsters, shucking raw oysters, soft shell … Stop!
Vegetarians in the house. So, sweet corn on the cob, coleslaw, potato salad, pasta salad, basil & burrata on heirloom tomatoes. Watermelon, cherries, cotton candy grapes, pink pineapple & peaches & nectarines. Grill me some tender asparagus, make me a fresh spinach salad, slice us some cucumbers, bell peppers, carrots & celery and call it a day, crudités?
Yeah! We’re hungry! Starved for more than food. We want to be closer, near one another, in each other’s space, in someone’s arms. Tentatively, all caution on hold. Going back to start, yes, going right back to start! Starting over and trying to our place— all, over, again.
MEMORIAL MENTIONS: Antidote chocolate, Brown Dog Fancy Sriracha catsup, Palmetto barbecue sauce, Murray’s cheese, Catsmo smoked salmon, Arethusa ice cream, Bens cream cheese, Sono bakery’s pies, Simon’s bread, Hummingbird tomatoes, ivy’s granola, Potters crackers, Stani Greek yogurt…