Tea Party in the Sebastopol Square

This installment of the Sebastopol Blog was written by Aja DeWolf Moura, a fellow Sebastopolian.

Tea Party in the Sebastopol Square?!?!
Yes, yes I know what you're thinking: "Am I dreaming?!?!" The answer is no. No, you're not. This is an actual event that happened, and hopefully will again. The wondrous event was hosted by Ailah Fassett and Lauren Heney and occurred on a sunny July Sunday afternoon. The day of the party I lost my white gloves and searched and searched for them FINALLY finding them at the last moment. My party came in semi-costume. As we approached the square we spotted Lauren, Ailah, and Fred who warmly greeted us with yummy chocolate and cherry scones baked by Lauren and lemonade(no tea, but almost as good). We all sat on the ground with a floral tablecloth spread out and tea cups scattered about the area. We began to converse about daily topics, then Maria and Sarah walked over and joined in to our chat. After approximately thirty minutes a man in a Star Wars T-shirt that must have been in his late 50's came over and asked us about some sign (for some reason he was bothered by it.
"Do you know whose it is?!?!" he asked.

"I think it might be my friends moms..." said Fred.

One thing led to the other and Fred was in the Man's car with the Man's wife, and the Man had taken his place in the circle of tea party folks.

" I'm a chemistry teacher" He said.

" Where do you teach?" someone from the group asked.

He hesitated, which seamed fishy.

"In Healdsburg... I'll give you a FREE math lesson!" The man stood up and began starting the lesson. "Let's say I have 5 feet of wood. I want it to be in inches though! What do I do?"

"You multiply it by 12" Said Sarah casually.
"NO! You cant just multiply by 12! I would be all the way to the fountain! SEE!" He Began to jump with his arms in the air and ranted on and on. He was enraged.

For the next 5 minutes everyone was just silent and looking at the ground, every so often glancing at each other.

"You multiply by 12 and cross out the feet and add inches" Sarah answered sheepishly.

"That's correct!" The man sat back down and showed us the "Dead fish" method.

As he told us he would pat Lauren's back. She slowly scooted away from him.

"When I was in college I was failing algebra and I was a WOMANIZER, just like Bill!"

We were all in shock! The only thing on our minds was how to wiggle our way out of this situation. Finally Fred got back and the man went away. We informed him of what happened and we laughed about it. We moved to the grass and talked about cats and fitness classes. I left then but It was quite an experience.


Why you should go to the next one:

It's an excuse to dress up

There are baked goods!

There is lemonade and hopefully there will be tea next time

You can relax in the Sebastopol Square

Its just time to chat and have fun

So next time COME!