Happy Memorial Day?
Years ago when I was a designer working at an exhibit company in San Francisco we had a Memorial Day party, complete with beer and barbeque…my favorite things. The wife of the shop foreman brought in a cake that she had decorated. A beautiful flowery design in icing on top of the cake read, “Happy Memorial Day!” Major faux pas on my part: I looked at the cake and said, “Happy Memorial Day? That seems kind of weird, considering the holiday.” Not knowing where the cake came from (I tho...
