About 24 people showed up, almost evenly divided between a contingent from the East Coast (where David and Honey reside) and one from the West Coast. There was also a small group of migueleños, i.e. American expatriates who live in San Miguel.
I enjoyed seeing some old friends and meeting new ones. Among old friends were Josh Morton, Joe Cohen, Marie Consiglio, Debbie and Francis Morris. New friends were Carole Schulze, Mary Pat Akers and her daughter Natalie (a Yale freshman and, next year, a resident of Saybrook College where David Lippman, Jon Hankin, and I roomed together), Julianna Roosevelt and Mario Velasquez, Paula Panich and Bill Linsman, Naomi and Steve Somkin, Geoffrey Young, AG Rosen, Debi Sonzogni, David and Betsey McKearnan, Pamela Esler and Juan Lans, and Norman and Colleen Besman.
Honey and David had a party that began in their zaguán (open air entry vestibule, in this case) with shots of tequila. It continued in the living room and specially in the interior patio where there was live music. Waiters served champagne and boquitas (appetizers). Dinner was served on the spacious terraza on top of the second story. I brought cascarones de carnaval (painted eggshells filled with confetti) to celebrate in a uniquely Mexican way, and after dinner we cracked them on each others' heads, laughing like children.