Our friends the lawyer and the real estate mogul threw their new baby a party on the beach near their summer home, yesterday.

Located in Lido Beach (Long Island), the house is the third residence they own, and it's about fifty yards from semi-private ocean access. The party was, of course, catered - mixed grill on the fly in one tent and your choice of sides/drinks in the other. White tables and enormous umbrellas adorned the sand, and all the other guests' taxable income probably exceeded ours by an order of magnitude.

I usually feel fairly out of place in that crowd, but the steak, the beer, and the whiffle ball game helped somewhat to temper those issues of economic inadequacy.

Asher, of course, had a blast, and Sarah always likes to see her old college friends.