School is out for summer break, and the count down to our move to Florida continues. The official count is 10 days. The list of things to do is growing faster than I care to think about. The movers are scheduled, the truck is coming, and we are going to be gone in a blink of an eye. In the meantime, I have 7 guests arriving for M's graduation. The culmination of 10 long years of hard work. They will be helpful in the planning of our party that is going to be on Saturday. The guest list surged to 80, and we have 50 responses in the positive so far.
We will be making the food, with the exceptions of a few neighbors that are bring over some goodies to eat.
The menu so far is looking good. I have narrowed it down to the following.
Caprese skewers (mini moz ball, cherry tomato, basil leaf with a balsamic vinaigrette)
hummus with pita
salmon mousse on crackers
Fruit Plate
Chocolate fountain
Cheese Plate (or Brie Carmel Nuts Bake and serve with)
grown-up ham and cheese sandwiches
grilled shrimp with spicy tamarind dip
Cake
The grocery list is made, and now we just have to go to the store and make all the appetizers, then party down!
I hope that we can pull it off. I will have my camera and be clicking away. Our last party in Hamilton Wood.
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Monday, June 8, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Neighborhood Gatherings
We live in a special place where the neighbors get together for an annual progressive dinner. It is a fabulous event, and it is always themed. In the previous years we have had a Hawaiian Luau, Great Gatsby theme, and my favorite one was the Pirate theme. This year with the economy dipping and every one feeling the pinch, we decided on a Depression Era theme. It was a huge success, and much less extravagant than years previous.
The appetizers included such delicacies as spam stuffed potato skins, and spam stuffed mushrooms. The 40+ attendees ate almost all of the wonderful items. Usually the left overs are a hassle, but this year there were none. After taking a wonderful group photo we all moved on to our dinner houses. One neighbor made homemade bread for all the dinner spots, she must have made about 50 loaves! It was amazing. To compliment the bread we had soup and salad. It was an easy preparation for a great meal with friends.
Around 9:15pm we were all to reconvene at the house designated for desserts! The decorations at the dessert house were so fun, they had authentic 1929 newspapers all over the place, and out front was an outhouse with a sign that said 1 hour limit.
It was amazing, they had the mock apple pie (made with ritz crackers instead of apples), a fantastic chocolate cake, pineapple upside down cake, and the hit of the evening was the MOON PIE! Not a pie of sorts, the kind of moon pie that is individually wrapped in plastic.
On Sunday morning we were walking the dog, and inside our mailbox was the entire box of moon pies! That really made our day. We will miss our neighborhood parties when we move away. Hopefully we will be able to return to one in the future.
The appetizers included such delicacies as spam stuffed potato skins, and spam stuffed mushrooms. The 40+ attendees ate almost all of the wonderful items. Usually the left overs are a hassle, but this year there were none. After taking a wonderful group photo we all moved on to our dinner houses. One neighbor made homemade bread for all the dinner spots, she must have made about 50 loaves! It was amazing. To compliment the bread we had soup and salad. It was an easy preparation for a great meal with friends.
Around 9:15pm we were all to reconvene at the house designated for desserts! The decorations at the dessert house were so fun, they had authentic 1929 newspapers all over the place, and out front was an outhouse with a sign that said 1 hour limit.
It was amazing, they had the mock apple pie (made with ritz crackers instead of apples), a fantastic chocolate cake, pineapple upside down cake, and the hit of the evening was the MOON PIE! Not a pie of sorts, the kind of moon pie that is individually wrapped in plastic. On Sunday morning we were walking the dog, and inside our mailbox was the entire box of moon pies! That really made our day. We will miss our neighborhood parties when we move away. Hopefully we will be able to return to one in the future.
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