We are not party people. I am not comfortable AT parties – the socializing and loud talking feel foreign. What is one supposed to SAY? Who are you supposed to TALK TO? Parties just end up as stressors for me. And double for HOSTING them – we just don’t do it. Oh sure, once in a while in Florida we will have a couple of neighbors over, and even THAT small affair involves much preparation and hustling about. But I don’t know if we have ever hosted a party in Virginia. Our house is never “right”: there are dust bunnies, there are dirty socks on the floor, the tub is dirty. But tonight we threw a party in Arlington. A SLIP ‘n’ SLIDE party. It was to be a celebration of the heat – of the summer. It has been over 100 degrees with the heat index the last few days. I wanted to bust out the Slip ‘n’ Slide the other night, but our houseguests ended up going out that evening and it seemed wrong to...