Photograph by Alex Shapiro
Dinner With a View
One couldn’t find a more spectacular
dinner location. I stared across the fringe
of the rocky shoreline to the Haro Strait
that separates the island
on which I type this,
from the much larger one named Vancouver.
Orca whales glided quietly behind
the shoulders of my five dining companions,
one of whom has the lucky title
of being the property owner
of this particular piece of paradise.
A pair of bald eagles stood
at the tide pools for hours
and just like the rest of us,
watched the sun disappear behind the mountains.
Maybe the birds were as entranced as we were.
Maybe they didn’t care
as long as their favorite fish swished by.
The moon and conversation rose as the sun
and levels in the wine bottles lowered,
and all evening long, I thought how fortunate
I was to be surrounded by brilliant people
in a brilliantly perfect setting.
Ahhhhh.
Alex Shapiro July 2009
Posted as prose over on Notes From The Kelp
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