Although it wasn't "officially" a Pistil Books event, Sean and I had a President's Day Party this weekend. A couple of friends, Russell (who is featured in Pistil Readings and has published zines on cocktail culture) and Evan, concocted delicious historical punches for the occasion: Fish House Punch and United Service Punch.
We asked our guests to dress in presidential attire and consequently had two Lincolns, a Dwight Eisenhower, the Queen of England (well, that was Sean), some diplomats from African nations, several stunning First Lady-looking types, a sneaky security contingent, and quite a few grungy protesters and anarchists (this being Seattle).
And of course no presidential affair would complete without the press, in this case The Stranger's Party Crasher.
Here's CIA Agent Candiotti and the Queen.
The high point of the evening were the presentations at the podium, which included The Queen of England reading from John Sinclair's Guitar Army ("free money! f***ing in the streets!"); a rant in favor of the Puritans; some punchy thoughts by Lincoln; lovely patriotic songs; the presidential seal presenting a re-enactment of an encounter between Monica Lewinsky and Clinton; and an impassioned critique of secularism, which made use of all the occurrences of the word "ass" in the King James Bible.
Here we have a dashing pair of Jackie O supporters.
We asked our guests to dress in presidential attire and consequently had two Lincolns, a Dwight Eisenhower, the Queen of England (well, that was Sean), some diplomats from African nations, several stunning First Lady-looking types, a sneaky security contingent, and quite a few grungy protesters and anarchists (this being Seattle).
And of course no presidential affair would complete without the press, in this case The Stranger's Party Crasher.
Here's CIA Agent Candiotti and the Queen.
The high point of the evening were the presentations at the podium, which included The Queen of England reading from John Sinclair's Guitar Army ("free money! f***ing in the streets!"); a rant in favor of the Puritans; some punchy thoughts by Lincoln; lovely patriotic songs; the presidential seal presenting a re-enactment of an encounter between Monica Lewinsky and Clinton; and an impassioned critique of secularism, which made use of all the occurrences of the word "ass" in the King James Bible.
Here we have a dashing pair of Jackie O supporters.
Trudi , a candidate for class president of Beaver High School, gives the Beaver victory sign.
The Presidential Seal prepares his presentation.
All in all, it was a very fun evening, complete with first family paper dolls.
Luckily, no assassinations took place.
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