(gasp!) a murder mystery at manavu estates!

there was a dinner.

there was a murder.

six weapons

nine rooms

and one murderer.

six suspects...

 

...all impeccably dressed, if i may say so.

we spent the evening giving riddles and getting clues,

guessing at murderers and weapons and rooms,

and when it all came down to it,

i was the murderer after all!  (mrs. peacock!  who'da thought!  with the candlestick of course.)

what a fun night--a chance to get to know new people,

a chance to dress up and play a part so so removed from how we live today

that i can't help but be totally enamored and enchanted

by the fringes 

and the coiffed hair,

the fedoras and suitcoats,

 

and of course, the special appearance by the newsies (& a pilot from the great war)!

it seems to me that deep down all we really want is a chance to dress up and have a party!

and say jake, what a party it was!