Public cake

Last night I went to Grey Dog Cafe with uki. It was packed. A birthday party took up one corner of the restaurant. As we were finishing, a waiter brought a cake out of the kitchen. The corner sang Happy Birthday as he approached. The cake was enormous, and I remarked to Yuki that they should share it with everyone.

This past summer I met p.zu at a bar in the East Village. It was Churipu's going away party. She was about to leave for Mozambique for a year. Next to us a birthday party was in full swing. The cake was made to look like a football field. After they cut the cake they began offering it to everyone around them. I took a slice and p.zu asked me where I got the cake. I pointed to the party next to us and she looked surprised. "I don't think I would have taken a slice of a strange cake," she said. I hadn't given the offer a second thought. Posted by eku at February 26, 2004 9:29 AM