Joan Didion accepting the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement

 



Reception following the award ceremony. Hey, there's Aimee Bender, there's David Ulin, and, hey, there's Robert Brownstein.

 



There's David Kipen on the far right, and way in the back is Jane Hirshfield, and Dana Goodyear. Hey, there's Meghan Daum.

 



The infamous chocolate fountain.

 



Me after three glasses of Chardonnay