The Lavelle Clan December 29, 2007
Posted by Katie Oh in : Such As , trackback“i read your blog,” jen said to me last night. “are you going to mention the lavelle christmas party?”
“i already did,” i replied, “i described the lavelles as catholic, liberal, and sassy. except for you. i said we thought you were only economically conservative, so we forgave you for it.”
“i’m socially conservative too,” jen said, “but thank you for separating me from the liberal crowd.”
the lavelles are quite the experience. i believe everyone should meet them. my aunt linda is oftentimes confused with my mother (although she is taller and dons glasses most of the time). her daughter, jen, is the aforementioned conservative. she and her mother sass me about my lack of capital letters in my blog. my uncle patrick and aunt cheryl are in love with classic rock — not like pink floyd, more the beatles and rolling stone set — especially bruce springsteen. they have two daughters and a son. lisa, the oldest, and her husband bobby run marathons in their spare time. nicky, the next oldest, and her husband brian love books, and have the cutest baby in the world. they gave me a volume of lawrence ferlinghetti poetry as a graduation gift– “a coney island of the mind” — a perfect gift. the youngest, sean, has apparently given the same grab bag gift two years in a row. it makes me laugh. my other uncle, jim, is consistently m.i.a. from family shenanigans — he always lives too far away to make it.
the lavelles are bookworms and movie nuts. the most popular grab bag gift, prior to the banning of gift cards, was the ever-present $25 to barnes and noble. this year, scene it showed up [“is that the pittsburgh version?” “there is no pittsburgh version.” “if there were, it would be called ‘scene-ed it ‘n’ ‘at’.”] and a booklight with tea. it was a pretty glorious grab bag this year. i ended up with an bag that included bailey’s, an irish mug, and a tin of irish coffee [sean’s gift, allegedly the same one given last year.] you can never go wrong with irish things and lavelles. especially if they are irish and involve liquor somehow.
after the grab bag came “apples to apples,” which, for those of you who have not played, involves matching nouns to adjectives, in a humorous way. combinations: “talented – regis philbin” “crazed – rush limbaugh” [jen: “i wish i had ‘voting democratic’ in this round”] “intelligent – the kkk” [not really, but bobby thought it should have been, haha.]
there is something so glorious about this clan. everyone should meet them.
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