My rich, young neighbors are having another one of their intimate dinner parties tonight.

[Peregrine Took]

About a dozen or so of Chicago's young elite have gathered 'round the patio table, sipping wine and laughing and talking quietly as they dine in their hosts half a primo city block long backyard.

After dinner the girls will sit and sip more wine and gossip while the guys play hoops or other games. Then, after it gets dark, they will all gather round for coffee and dessert with soft music playing in the background and citronella candles glowing all around the patio.

Life is good for the uber wealthy.

[seabeyond]

1. a poor person can do all that, also. not just a rich persons game to have friends, dinner, music,

coffee

[Phentex]

2. but do they have uber wealthy neighbors?

[seabeyond]

4. lol. i am not seeing what uber wealthy neighbors would have to do with my dinner

party with friends...

but, ok. you got me,

[loli phabay]

11. I felt the same way until i fell out of the tree i was hiding in watching them

kinda creepy OP, not sure if its healthy to watch your neighbours in this way, and you know Seabeyond if i think its wierd then we are way out on the wire.

[seabeyond]

17. lol. i have to wonder about an neighbor that is uber wealthy, .... thinking living in the same

area, condo whatever and the price range would be comparison.

the post is not making a lot of sense.

[loli phabay]

19. Id be more concerned if i was the wealthy neighbour with the person hiding watching us

luckily for a lot of reasons i have no neighbours who can see us unless they are willing to hire the google earth satelitte.

[Kaleva]

38. Any neighbor of mine (single) who makes more then $2000 a month qualifies as uber wealthy.

That's a little over $900.00 more a month then what I get.

[seabeyond]

39. lol. that is all it takes huh? nt

[Kaleva]

40. A person with a car is uber wealthy

I have a beat up old scooter for transportation.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

36. I can cook the living beejezus out of a poor man's shopping list

Sometimes it's been pasta (I'm Italian, I make my own sauce).

Other times it's been a $100+ trip to the market.

Opening your home and breaking bread with friends is still something the Republicans can;t take away from us.

[bluedigger]

3. Your neighbors, you say?

So you're what, in the Projects?

[Brigid]

5. Hey, in my town . . .

there is a rescue mission in the downtown area -- right across the street from a building full of multimilion-dollar condos.

[Peregrine Took]

6. Well, it sure didn't take long before you went after me.

I rent next to their mansion.

I'm making an observation - why are you so hostile?

[bluedigger]

15. Because your OP reeked of petty jealousy, frankly.

Why are you so defensive?

[harmonicon]

31. Here's an observation:

It's nice to be nice. You don't like your neighbours? I don't give a shit, but you're not going to get sympathy from people because your neighbours have friends and enjoy basketball. The horror!!

[elleng]

8. Good question.

Thanks.

[blueamy66]

30. Cabrini Green

nt

[pitohui]

7. is this a wind-up? poor people can do this just fine

a patio table is $250 at walmart, and they have bottles and bottles of $2.77 oak life wine in the usual california flavors (merlot, chardonnay etc)

when i lived in a poor neighborhood my neighbors were FAR more likely to have these huge rowdy block parties, i'm afraid to ask how they paid for them, but they had a lot more refreshments than just wine and coffee

a wine, coffee, dessert, and citronella candle party is not "uber" wealthy party, it's a cheap get-together probably for struggling young people just starting out in life

but i get it that you're angry that you weren't invited, you could always call the cops and complain about the noise

[elleng]

9. Right.

Everyone parties, one way or another.

[Yavin4]

10. I'd Rather Go To A Poor Person's Party

Better food. Better music. Better company.

[loli phabay]

16. depends, i would say any party is better than none, and some are better than others

in the end its the company that counts rather than the food or surroundings.

[LNM]

12. Well, good for them

it's nice they're talking quietly so as not to disturb you. What is you problem with this?

[madinmaryland]

13. Hmmm. I guess it could be worse. Drunk rednecks yelling and screaming, throwing beer cans at the

animals and having the cops there multiple times during the night. Or it could be blasting disco music until the wee hours of the morning.

Just saying!

[seabeyond]

18. lol. there is that. nt

[loli phabay]

20. now thats a party, though you forgot the sound of lawntractors racing and the obligatory gun fire

god i love my neighbours parties..

[riderinthestorm]

24. And target shooting! Dammit one of our country neighbors thinks parties must include target shooting

So not only is there the noise (which is somehow amplified on our country lane) but there's the shooting, and the dirt bikes and ATVs or snowmobiles.

I'd love to have the neighbors host a congenial yuppy party of wine and basketball hoops... nope, I've got the equivalent of a country crazy fest when my neighbors let loose.

[madinmaryland]

27. Oh, and don't forget the fireworks shows every weekend from 11pm to 2am. Then there is the

Wednesday night blow out from midnight to one am.

[mrmpa]

14. Every summer my mom & I wait in anticipation.......

for the party two floors below us. We live on the back side of the building overlooking a hill side full of deer, turkeys, rabbits and an owl. The woman 2 floor below us has a yard that she gardens, has a bench and it is beautiful. Her yard goes up to the fence that keeps the wild life from entering onto the property.

The woman is mid to late '70's, a retired court stenographer. She still works from time to time as many lawyers will call her to transcribe depositions.

Every summer in late July, early August she has a party for friends. Tables are set outside, it is catered, there is wine and wonderful quiet conversations & music.

The party just brings a nice quality of living here. Most people in the building are elderly, I'm one of the younger at 55. The older people tend to keep to themselves, so this party is just nice to have.

[hay rick]

21. We have citronella candles.

Life is good.

[loli phabay]

22. you parasite, living high on the hog whilst others have to suffer from mozzie bites

[hay rick]

23. I got it. I flaunt it.

[riderinthestorm]

25. Do you have wine too? And softly chuckling women sipping such wine? You rich scumbag!

Off to the re-education camps for you!

[Phentex]

35. but if you were uber UBER wealthy...

you'd have a mosquito misting system.

[Nye Bevan]

43. Really? I assumed from the OP that they are like $10,000 each (nt)

[Phentex]

46. This

made me LOL!

[qwertyMike]

26. Life is good in the trailer park too

Bring some booze to my place. I'll provide the tunes and a pot to piss in.

[RebelOne]

34. I live in a trailer park.

You bring the booze and I'll supply the food.

[Worried senior]

45. I live in a trailer

on an acre of land, the only partying next door is when he illegally burns his garbage in the woods.

[HopeHoops]

28. What time does the hot tub orgy start?

[pipi_k]

29. WTF

kind of "party" is that???

I've seen more action at a wake FGS!

Fuck that shit, man.

Give me an un-uber wealthy hell-raising party any day

[Throd]

32. I so hate it when people enjoy each other's company. Bastards!

[HappyMe]

33. Oh noes!!11

Those bastards!!11 A quiet dinner party is horrifying indeed. I'm nowhere near rich and I had a few people in for dinner last week. Chicken caesar salad and crusty bread, people brought their own beverages.

I like a loud, no holds barred party, but I just don't throw 'em.

[NJCher]

37. well, since this has turned into a discussion of neighbor parties

I shall tell you about the one I have to contend with.

I don't live on a block, but there is one about a football field away. My neighbors on that block are partying fools. It's the only route back to my house. If I don't take that, I have to hike down a rocky, uneven mountain.

One of the neighbors is the mother of a music star who is worth about $500 million and is on the Forbes list of top wealthiest music stars.

Every summer they have the block party, to which I am also invited but I never go. I pretty much leave town or if I stay, park my car on a street up the mountain so I can hike out of my house if I need to.

Because this party also draws the star and occasionally his superstar wife, it also draws a skazillion people who are not from the block but who are fans who hope to see their music idol. Needless to say, it is a mob scene.

The music beat of the giant speakers actually makes my house shake and there is no escaping it, not even with earplugs. That is why I sometimes just leave.

I actually like the court stenographer party. If I could have that, I would. If I couldn't, I'd go with the Chicago elite.

Anybody wanna' trade neighbor parties?


Cher

on edit: I would like to say that I actually like to see people enjoying the outdoors with a party. But there are limits, and mob scenes are one of them.

[Nye Bevan]

41. Oh. My. God. Your neighbors had friends over for dinner?

Wine was consumed? Music was played? The guys played hoops?

I really, truly fear for the future of this country.

[Ikonoklast]

42. Will you be up in the tree again all night, dressed like a Ninja?

Creeps my friends right the fuck out every time they come over.

[Marrah_G]

44. Ummm- I don't get your post

What about that scene makes it "uber wealthy".

[FSogol]

48. Same here and other than the detail Chicago, the op could have been

describing my parties. We get together will friends whenever the weather is nice. Everyone brings something, we grill, play Sapo, drink micro brews and wine. We are hardly rich or elite. A few of our friends are out of work, and we send all the leftovers home with them.

[GoneOffShore]

47. You wouldn't want to have been here in Philly last Saturday.

We had a Bastille Day party - with wine, merguez sausages, desserts, coffee, after dinner drinks, herbal cigarettes and pétanque. You'd have hated it.

And no, we're not rich.
Everybody brought a dish and some wine.

Doesn't take much to share food with friends.