Chili with Augosto...and his parents

Dear Augosto.

I don't usually post on Sundays but I feel I have to. Mostly because yesterday was amazing.

It was a day of new & not-so-new friendships. It was a day of warmth and love and laughter. But most importantly, it was a day of homemade chili--one for meat eaters and one for leaf eaters. Guess which chili ran out first?

"Chili with Augosto" was a "party/gathering of the minds" that we hosted in my dorm room yesterday. We were a bit worried about fitting a lot of people into my small room so we turned it into an all day event.

Luckily, everyone fit into my small humble abode. We barely had enough chairs but nobody seemed to mind.

At one point, there was so many people in the room that I had to open the windows to let out all of the hot air!

People came and went as they needed. You were passed around to many loving arms. And the world of theater & writing(of all forms) became a little bit smaller.

See for yourself...

Tam--your mom's friend from her USC days.



Greg--a fellow MFA cohorter. He endured the whole event by taking mini-breaks to check on his beloved New Orleans Saints.



Tony--another MFA cohorter and my teaching partner.



Farhan--fellow MFA cohort buddy & writing partner.



Soo-Jin--a friend we met in Texas and now lives in Chicago.



Zora--one of the smartest kids in Evanston and she has the award to prove it.



Meridith--a fellow MFA cohort buddy who can't wait to babysit you.



And the great thing about all this is that after everyone left with bellies full of chili, we still had leftovers. :)

Enjoy the warmth. It's almost 40 degrees.

Love.

Dad.