Happy New Year!

Rebekah and Mike, lovely friends from Holy Covenant, hosted a New Year's Eve dinner party, which was fabulous! Here are the hosts with Al (left) and Amanda (second from right), Rebekah's sister.


The big table--Craig, Cindy, Maria, Goose, Matt, Lisa and Diane.

Mike, Jove and Meg.

Sara and Maria, who was very much enjoying a homemade chocolate truffle.



Local New Year's traditions include measuring wing spans to see if they match the person's height. Eric was found to be "the perfect man."


I, on the other hand, have the wing span of someone who is 5'3'' (at least 2 inches shorter than my height). Who knows what he is doing with a freak like me.


Then the measuring spread to head height and circumference. Apparently, Eric and Matt have the exact same measurements.

Jove and Meg:

Happ and Jove, about to usher in 2008:

Maria and Diane:

And the clock strikes 12:00.

Sara and Rebekah:

Just to show you how crazy the party was, here are Meg and Jove cutting a rug:

Time to head out. We had to be sure to catch the last Pink Line home. Thanks to CTA's longstanding New Year's Eve tradition, we rode for free!


Snow had been falling all evening and looked so pretty on the trees.



Happy 2008! Hope this year is full of great people and meaningful work for all of you.