Camping chairs on the grass overlooked the calm, blue waters that rolled towards shadowed peaks in the distance, and as the breeze picked up around the bend, the scent of the sea rose strong, the sky was bright and full of cotton clouds, and an eagle called from the tops of the evergreen forest behind us at shiny, curious crows. There are few things better that the marriage of close friends and nature and the routine of ritual; We celebrated my wife’s birthday in Lincoln Park on one of the most beautiful days of the year.