Because you black!

Her favorite thing in the world is to throw parties, to be the host, to pay attention to the detail that you will not notice you are noticing. . . . She is a creator, an artist, and she gets chills and slightly emotional when she talks about Valentino's fireworks and his signature red color.

Because of her passion, she is amazing at what she does, yet is one of the most grounded sincere people I've met.

And last night she threw herself a birthday party, and let all of us enter into world of her imagination. It was such a privilege that 20 punk Salt Lake rats could be treated like royalty, at a table set with gold cutlery, with a mountain backdrop that loomed over us the entire night, with candles and more candles that made everyone look beautiful.

Laughing and talking until the candles burnt out, breaking glass, tossing food, slicing cheese and eating fruit until our stomach begged us to stop. We will need plastic surgery to remove the smiles.  

 And after the party was the mess, dishes galore, candle wax flowers, drinks on drinks!
And the islanders jumped right into their basketball shorts and tank-tops cranked the tunes and got the job done!
The last guests left at 4:30, not including Drew and I who stayed the night.
 It was another thing Karli loves is the after mess of a party, such an endearing thing to love.
Almost a 12 hour diner party.