animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

whiskey and beer

Tonight we went to a whiskey and beer party at Doug’s. Nothing much to report. I drank wine. We had fun. We always have fun there. Mostly people I used to work with go to these things and there was a nice showing of them tonight. It was good to …

steeler party

We had a few Steeler fans over to watch today’s game. I guess you can call this our first real party in the bar (yes, we’re now calling the family room “the bar”. might as well call it what it is). Unlike my froufrou wine party last month, this party …

steve

Our friend Steve came over for dinner this evening. As always, it was a pleasure. On the menu tonight was chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, oven-roasted ratatouille, white bean dip, baguette, antipasto, and marble cheesecake squares. I’m still full. Among many other things, we got to talk about some …

another party

Doug had another one of his monthly booze parties tonight. This evening’s theme was vodka, though everyone I saw was drinking beer (perhaps we didn’t stay late enough). We had fun like we always do. Kids were invited to this one, so Jake had a blast playing with all of …