We had a little dinner party last night in honor of Paul's upcoming birthday! Here to celebrate with us were Barry & Caroline, who are the Realtors who helped us find our house, and some new friends Ken and Tahja, who are part timers and actually reside in Sarasota. Ken, who is from Romania and whose name is Catalin, is a corvette dealer and property owner/manager. Tahja is an entertainer, belly dancer, flamenco dancer, one woman show (w/ Ken as her M.C.), and a property owner/manager. Barry and Caroline have just opened their own real estate company with Caroline being the broker-in-charge. So, there was all kinds of celebrating going on last night. There are pictures with Tahja giving Paul a singing telegram for his birthday. There are pictures of Paul with his birthday trifle. (by the way, I will never be able to make a trifle the way Paul's mum does ... but I really do try!) The menu went like this:
starters: aged Dublin cheddar w/ garlic and basil crackers and bruchetta made from our tomatoes and basil picked fresh from the garden
First course: Pumpkin soup, made from our garden as well ... pumpkins, potatoes picked fresh
Second course: Salad - picked from the garden fresh - lettuce, beets, carrots and gargonzola with olive oil and balsamic dressing. (gargonzola NOT from the garden :-) )
Main Course: Chicken breasts stuffed with cranberry/cinnamon goat cheese and meat & potato pasties (turn over - esque) with curry gravy -Paul's personal fav... and there were supposed to be steamed green beans from the garden, but someone forgot to make them!
Dessert: Trifle, of course!
Copious amounts of wine and PAUL's Hard Apple Cider were enjoyed by all!!! Really, Barry had less than everyone else because he was D.D. for the evening ... and we don't live any where close to where they are on top of Beech Mountain! Thanks for being responsible, Barry!!
So, for the first time in our lives Paul & I celebrated something EARLY instead of late. And we had a lovely time doing it! Maybe we'll have another birthday dinner for him next weekend!
That's it for now ...
Happy Birthday, Paul. Hope all of your birthday wishes become a reality ... especially that one about the 240 million dollar winning lottery ticket :-)
Cheers to all,
Paul & Cheri
Hey Paul and Cheri;
ReplyDeleteSome great posts. Happy birthday paul. What is that 30!! Mine and Janet's B-days are coming up. I make her favorite beans and mash and she makes mine, grilled cheese. Nothing like your fare. We all need to get together. Bring the bellydancer. All for now. Hope you are doing well. Love, Bob, Janet and Crum Snatchers.