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Graduation weekend kicked off last night with a classic New England clam bake.  We got all dressed up and civilized then made a royal mess as we ripped apart whole Maine lobster, tried to keep sleeves from dragging in melted butter and made liberal use of the provided lobster bibs.  While the all you can eat lobster was certainly a highlight of the evening, I loved the lobster for another reason.  Actually eating a whole lobster is quite a process and not particularly easy for the uninitiated.  The ridiculous and messy challenge of cracking into the lobster set a great tone for the evening.  There was just something about walking around and seeing everyone with this little friendly looking lobster on their plate and then watching your classmates and their parents try and somehow eat the thing.  Plus my lobster was delicious.  Both of them. 

I’m not quite organized enough to have my photos up yet, but fortunately Michele is.  Click here to link to her photos.  Today is our class day.  We have a guest speaker and a luncheon followed by a barbecue with friends this evening.  It should be a great day, though it looks to be in the 60’s and rainy all day so it may be a bit of a mudpit under the tent where our graduation is.   

[A few years ago I wrote a post about a very different Lobster Day in Honduras - you can read the post here.]