HOUSEWARMING / BIRTHDAY PARTY (SIMULTANEOUS) Two events, one evening. Admission free. Children welcome, and also: wine. Featuring: — Dot, age 10, in sequins, at full volume — cake (tilted) — strangers becoming neighbours at a rate of approximately one glass per hour — rain, which is not invited but attends anyway — a bookshelf still deciding whether it lives here — candlelight, doing what candlelight always does when it has something to prove Venue: a room that is two rooms. Dress code: whatever you were already wearing. Weather: cold outside, which is why inside feels like this. No RSVP required. You were always coming.