octipus rex 21

(From Andre-Richard's Journal)

tonight in celebration of herbert's birthday we had a costume dinner party. we dressed as our favourite personalities from literature, history, art or music. this took place beside the lake under the light of a full moon, there was not a single cloud in the ceiling to obstruct the light of the moon.
john, who was dressed as the fire chief from la cantatrice chauve, served the meal. we started the meal with porto, we then consumed a spinach salad with which we drank a white wine from the loire valley, we then consumed lobster with which we imbibed sake, for dessert we ate figs and chevre cheese with which we drank a bordeaux wine, and we terminated the meal by drinking cognac and eating black cherries that vaclav picked from a grapefruit tree in the forest. the duration of the meal was approximately three hours.
thomas was present and seemed a bit more at ease than he was when he visited the thirteenth floor of the hotel nicholas earlier. i was delighted that he came.
I was dressed as liberace, I wore all of my rings with large stones on six of my fingers, two diamonds, two rubies and two emeralds. joy and thomas were dressed as heloise and abeillard. martin was dressed as oskar from the tin drum, i believe that he had made the had made the tin drum that he wore around his neck. herbert was dressed as alice b. toklas. martin who knew how herbert was going to be dressed gave him a poodle puppy (not a miniature poodle) and herbert named him basket III. joy and thomas gave him a recording of satie's ballet parade. I had pierre design a red and purple tuxedo for him.
bonsoir, buenas noches, boa noite, buona sera, goodnight.