Our smart, beautiful, beloved friend Alison was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. It was not an optimistic diagnosis.
Alison had many, many friends – she loved people even more than she liked Champagne, and she liked that a lot. Four of us decided to support her in the best way we knew how, which was by wrapping her in bubbles and love: Bubble Wrap Club, we called it. Obviously.
About four times a year, we’d eat out at a super-fancy restaurant. Alison held us to very high standards: that place had to be the newest, the best or the most-spoken-about restaurant in town. And, of course, we always drank lashings of Champagne. Every time a cork popped, Alison would smile her wide, gorgeous, heart-stopping smile and say, ‘Honey, I’m…
