Lady Shutternik is on The Team

Danielle, Staci
Originally uploaded by thegreatplotnik.

The Great FiveHead and Lady Shutternik have been friends for decades. Shutternik, in her advancing years (she might be as old as 25), has become a jaw-dropping photographer. She brought wonderful photo presents for her hosts when she sat at her accustomed corner of the Christmas Eve table to drink gewurtztraminer and eat Cuban Chicken.

It's nice to have Lady Shutternik on the team. The idea is that Team Plotnik should eat Christmas Eve dinner together for the next 100 years or so. The meal can change, slightly (perhaps Kentucky Cherry Pie next year instead of Lemon Meringue Pie), and people can skip a year or two, as long as they are traveling in an exotic country, and there can always be more chairs set out for future mates, new best friends or any surprises that may arise.