The truth of it...

The warming glow of the pit fire, the smell of cigar smoke on the wind, the sound of live music pouring over us, warming our thoughts and souls and the warm tickle of alcohol working to finish etching the grandest tapestries of our lives into our memories. It's not any one of those components but a subtle combination of them that constructs an enchanted evening. That is, if one just allows them to wash those tough mental callouses that have built up over the long and trying week-filled with joys and disappointments-and start the gentle healing that only comes with a social engagement.