Our Favorite Cast of Characters
Thanks to all in the community who turned on their creativity and turned out to celebrate Canio’s Books’ 30th anniversary at our literary costume party, October 30. It was great evening spent with such witty friends:
Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, and their friend Maggie, a ghostly-faced Girl of the Streets got the party off to a great start. Alice B. Toklas, complete with “pot brownie” prop stopped in, and Picasso showed up too. All the while, a tall dark Death waited at the door. Undeterred, Charlotte’s Web; Tinker Belle and Peter Pan floated in…and a most distinguished red-masked man had us all guessing. A beautiful Elizabeth Barrett Browning character appeared in the full bloom of love; and later, the poet Paul Oppenheimer, in a period tweed jacket, warned us: “The Battle is to Rescue Life from Abstraction.” Rob surprised us all bursting in with a hearty “Bon Appetite” and wearing a floral apron and brandishing a rolling pin. Julia Child would have been proud. Who knew Leo Tolstoy was a bee-keeper! Our party was not only fun, it was educational!.
A dashing F. Scott Fitzgerald attended wearing an elegant tux, and an earthy Patti Smith, with signature black ribbon at her neck rocked the house. Sherlock Holmes spied on the crowd and Anna Karenina read plaintively. Our host, one adorable Cat in the Hat kept the party moving. And wherever there are writers, there’s bound to be at least one Run-on Sentence. This one counted Molly Bloom’s soliloquy at somewhere over 11 thousands words sans punctuation.
It would have been impossible to pick one winner, best costume, when so many were so creative ! Thanks to all for your enthusiasm and your generosity. Donations to Canio’s Cultural Cafe will help keep the literary party going!
The Canio's Books Blog 
0 Responses to “Canio’s Literary Costume Party – Celebrating our 30th Anniversary”