First, we set the stage by tie-dyeing almost everything in sight (seen below, modeled by Bug).We spent a full 24 hours preparing food. The fare included bowls of organically grown strawberries from my backyard, some hand dipped in dark chocolate, two kinds of brownies (the ones with nuts were covered with white powder and the ones without nuts were covered by some green leafy substance). We tried to include as many items from the time period as possible, like crust-less finger sandwiches, pinwheel salami and cream cheese. The highlight of the buffet was to be a cheese fondue, which we were really excited about. We had gone to an antique shop and found a fondue set from the 1960's. But I didn't really check out the equipment beyond the spiky forks. Seems that back in 60's they didn't use candles or "sterno." They used some kind of alcohol poured on some kind of webbed material. That was before Richard Prior. Despite baby-bro's and my best efforts, we couldn't ignite it, so we used a tea light candle that barely kept it cool, forget about edible. Anyway the fondue became a fon-don't, but it didn't diminish the festivity. After all, we still had a plate of shrooms, and a relish tray and home made coleslaw, and chips and dips, Bugles and Twinkies and Hostess Cupcakes and big gum drops like grandma used to have and candy buttons (or dots) on strips of paper, and cheese cubes and triscuts and molded Jello with marshmallows and little home made tea cookies with psychedelic chips of color in them. Oh! And macaroni and cheese!

For beverage, we had a giant punch bowl filled with purple Kool Aid. Also some home made lemonade. I think there was also some Orange Crush and Cream Soda floating around. We also offered Tang and Ovaltine for those who preferred it.

Aside from covering the walls and furniture with home tie-died sheets, we also had a bunch of memorabilia, like trinkets from the Beatles Yellow Submarine. I also placed around the room some Troll dolls, and some original steel jacks and some pot holder loom and loops and we found the Tip It game and had that set up. Finally the guests arrived.

There were eight suspects at the party. We had Enya Goddard-Daveeda (baby sis and hubby) who came as a flower child, everything was "beautiful, man."

Burnette DaBrah came with her escort (mom and dad). Nate Ashbury (my nephew) was actually the last to arrive. Timothy Bleary (sister Karen and her hubby of 25 years) not only came dressed in character, he came IN character and never broke character all night long. Literally. I'd forgotten what conversation with a hippie was like! Oh, maaaaaan. But the best arrival/presentation had to be Phillip Mabong (baby bro). Dear Lord. He had his son bring us all outside so we could see him pull up in his car, blond hair flowing, with "Joy to the World" blaring from his stereo. All of the neighbors were gawking. He emerges from the car, waving to all who were watching. I thought we would bust a gut. I mean, talk about perfect! I've never seen my brother go all out like this, and I'm telling you in was nothing short of delightful. He was escorted by his daughter "Abbalina." Finchie and my niece and nephew were a few of the non-suspect guests and added to the full spectrum of guests. It was frightening how well my Finchie did as a nerd. Really, really...frightening.

Beast was a also suspect, Reyna Terror, who it turns out was a complete whore who had sex with everyone at the party. (Note to self: Perhaps it is NOT a good idea to play this game with family!)

MOTH was recruited at the last minute when my future nephew-in-law was called in to work. So, he filled in as Juan Stepford Mann.

The party began at 6, and I believe the door closed at about midnight. Most all of the food was eaten (except the fondon't). I can't reveal the killer, but it was a surprise to us all. We couldn't have predicted the outcome anymore than we could have predicted the laughs and fun we all had. I love this family!

Oh, are you wondering where I am in all of this? Well, there WAS one more suspect, and she's up there in the group photo, although you may not have noticed. Her name was Jamaica Bomblast, and she greeted everyone with "WELCOME TO DE PAHTY!"

Does she look familiar????

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