Party with the Quiet Ones

On Saturday, August 30 most of our group got ready, bought some provisions, and headed out to Sean and Luke' house for a cookout. Sean and Luke are the TAs, and last year's grad students, that Sarah used to call the Quiet One and the Quieter One. I don't know which name applied to which person. They live about two miles east of Florence on the south side of the Arno in a nice little house in the country. It's a pretty cool location, but difficult to get to. We took the bus and then walked quite a while. They have a big yard that was great for a cookout.


Dan and I prepare some food. I was put in charge of making hamburgers. Actually, Sarah mixed the meat, onions, and spices. All I had to do was make them into patties. Everything was delicious.


Everyone was stuffed. We sat around and chatted for a long time. From the back of Dan's head clockwise around the table the picture shows Dan, Lara's back, Kellin, Sean, Luke, Tom, Tom's friend (whose name I forget), Clark, and Sarah. I happened to be behind the camera when the photo was taken.


Some people rode their bikes out. Sarah and I really need to get bikes. All the cool kids have them.


Kellin and Lara play badminton while Clark winds up to hit Sean's pitch.


Clark tries to brush Sarah back from the nonexistant plate and almost takes her head off.


Sarah responded by knocking this pitch out of the park.


Sarah dreams of her missed chance of becoming a professional baseball player. We stayed for a long time until it got dark outside and I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. We moved indoors for a while then headed back towards town. We ended up at House of Sizzle to watch the first week of college football.


The next day it was back to the real world where papers had to be written.