What can I say? Boston was a blast. On the way up, I had a long conversation with Susie Bright on the phone. I found out she has selected not one, but two stories from Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 for the 2006 edition of Best American Erotica.  Rachel Kramer Bussel's "The End" and Peggy Munson's "Fairgrounds." I am sooooo thrilled because I adore both these pieces. I also learned about Susie's upcoming appearance on my favorite television show, Six Feet Under. She guest stars as a friend of someone who dies, and she's running an ingenious contest for readers to guess who's the lucky stiff.

The boy and I arrived early to visit with my big brother Toni and his partner Opn at their house in Cambridge. We went out for Mexican food and caught up on life. Then, as an early birthday present (my actual birthday is May 9), Toni treated me to goodies at Burdick. Ah, chocolate. Got dressed and headed to Midway Caf