Papa’s 75th birthday was a couple of weeks ago – we had a “fake/dinky” party for him on the Fourth. Minimal, cheap presents, Jeff claimed that the gift he had ordered on-line hadn’t yet arrived… Of course, we fed him well, so he was still happy.

In fact, we had been planning his REAL party since March – the basic menu, guest list, date, invites to out-of-towners - even his gift! And he never suspected.