Brigid manages to procure other tables' leftover beans for our table. They are very nice, not sharp, but there is little fruity or floral character. For dessert, a homemade chocolate chip ice cream. A huge ice cream confection arrives for Julie. It's her 30th birthday, and she gets serenaded by the group.
Much wine accompanies the story, to make it palatable.
I contribute our fluorescent flashlight, to make the reading a bit easier. Gene does a good job on his sections, but Rick can't help but snicker at his parts. Julie also shares in the reading. The wine fueled these excesses, no doubt. I decide that I've had far too much wine for such an endeavor.