THINKING OUTSIDE
Alfresco. It’s one of those words magazine editors like me seem to toss around liberally, but in fact not many people use in ordinary conversation. For this outdoor-entertaining issue, our copy chief had to stay on top of making sure we used it only once. (Hope an extra usage didn’t slip through!) What we are trying to say is: We love to gather and eat outside. There’s something about having a summertime dinner under the stars, surrounded by friends and family, with lighting low enough that you can look up and see the Milky Way. It feels special without effort. We are more relaxed and, dare I say, at our happiest. Maybe it satisfies a yearning to gather around a campfire like our ancestors did. Pretensions dissolve, and the troubles or…
