Another night, another cocktail party for Kate. With any luck, she can enjoy the hors-d’oeuvres until whatever Kris has planned for her.
Posts Tagged Cocktail Party
Here Officially
Laurel arrives at Brian’s “cocktail party” and gets the lowdown on everybody who is there from Tara’s husband, Glen. Glen is officially here as Liam’s financial advisor since this is technically a campaign fundraiser. He came instead of his wife[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Brian frequently forgets to eat when he gets into a project, especially when deadlines are involved. It’s a good thing that hors d’oeuvres are available to get the blood sugar back up for the final push.
Believe it or not, Glen is very smart, competent, and good in his field. He just looks average when he’s hanging out with his inlaws. He understands Brian’s ideas just enough to be nervous.
As we saw, last time., people are going through the wine and hors d’euvres a little too quickly. Fran and Olive have had to get refills several times already.
In my first draft, I had the idea of Laurel gradually getting plastered as the night went on. I then realized that that wouldn’t work since she’s technically working. Even if “the job” is self imposed consisting of keeping an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stay Strong
For people who have read this strip for any amount of time, it’s clear that Olive’s brave face only lasts for as long as she’s with Fran. Put her next to an authority figure and she folds fast. So, no.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once again, Brian’s taking a metaphor uncomfortably far. At least, considering boats are involved, he hasn’t mentioned anybody drowning.