It was a friend’s birthday the other day, but I had heard from someone at the Orange Photography party that she was having a rough time with the boyfriend. He was being difficult at a time when she’d expected something else. So anyway, we were both going to a party last night, so I wanted to surprise her with a cake or something. Of course, by the time I got to the store to buy a cake, it was closed. I ran across the street and bought an ice cream pie instead.

In the process of presenting the surprise birthday pie to her, we managed to first spill a cranberry vodka or a pomegranate martini all over the front of her skirt, AND then we also somehow set the box that the pie was in on FIRE…

It was quite the sight.

Still, it worked out in the end. The pie was presented. A birthday song was sung. I hope she had a good night.