Bonfire!

Liam has a tradition of building giant fires with the wood tossed from the Court Theatre stage set. It's also a goodbye get together for him, and soon to be myself.


It started out nice and tame. He had stopped by a cleaners to ask for some hangers to roast our hot dogs and marshmallows. I supplied marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers and felt very well prepared. He brought ... hot dogs, sausages, a pineapple, bell peppers, zucchini, onions, condiments: in short, a feast fit for kings and queens. Such a man. The veggies were for "foil pouches," something I haven't tried on a bonfire before, but I hope to replicate in the future.


Soon the evening was winding down and we still had a giant pile of wood left. So Liam threw the rest on to the fire and a giant conflagration ensued.


The fire was so hot that we all moved away from sitting on the stone benches to admire Liam's (pyro) handiwork. Some guy stopped by and asked us for a lighter. It was amusing to see Liam reach into the fire with his bare hands to pull out some embers, and then even more amusing to see the guy dart his face close enough to the flaming stick to light his cigarette.



Earlier on, Miles had amused us by attempting (and somewhat successfully???) roasting an egg over the flames. Actually, it exploded, leaving eggshell shrapnel on my face ... but Loren neatly outdid him later on by attempting to roast a chicken thigh on our "frankenstick." (hanger + stick)

All in all, a good evening.