My friend's long distance boyfriend surprised her with a Friday night fly in. I've been dying to re connect with a dear & pretty high school classmate. My sister & brother in law drove up from Oregon for the weekend. I hadn't worn my enormous fake diamond swoop earrings in a while. My husband brought home enough chocolate gelato to share. Time for a dinner party, Friday night style.
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| I love my "A" cocktail napkins. |
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| Dan at dinner table |
The main course was a kitchen sink style pasta with portabello mushrooms, garlic, bacon and parmesan, among other things. I'm always happy when I go for fresh pasta, like I did this time. Worth it. Also, I roasted carrots, grapes, brussel sprouts, onions and apples with wine and butter. In my nit picking, I would say that the execution of the food wasn't completely there but the company was swell and Stevie Wonder did a great job as background noise. Highlights include accepting a gorgeous hostess gift of home made rum infusion with lavender & tangerine (tied to it's cool glass bottle with a Hermes ribbon, thank you Meredith), cutting the bottom of my foot on my rug & having it bleed to the point of me having to wrap my foot (what?! how does one cut their foot on a rug?) and watching Dan shake beautiful cold cocktails with fresh ginger and whiskey.
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| The appetizer was puffs of pastry with ginger jelly & capers & soft cheese |
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| Hostess gift -- totally perf. |
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| Sweet newlyweds digesting dinner on the sofa. |
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| Me wearing some bling. |
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| beets & radishes & tomato "salad" |
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Roasting grapes--how exotic!
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