Special Edition: Robin’s Birthday

Special Edition: Robin’s Birthday
(We skipped the Capitol Club this week and had a party at my place for Robin’s birthday.)

Attendance: Wendy, Mandy, Ann, Steve, Karina, Chris and Mary, and Robin and Jerry
Menu:
Anti-pasta: slow roasted tomatoes, roast eggplant /red pepper/cumber salad and great cheese and salami – not to mention cocktails chosen from the ‘menu’ of drinks
Pasta – stuffed calamari cooked in tomato sauce with tortellini (this won first prize for most people’s favorite dish)
Meat-Course: top round roast cooked with red wine and vodka with root vegetables, and turnips cooked with an orange honey glaze
Dessert: chocolate/raspberry jam cake from Dilettante, espresso/Sambuka and other after dinner drinks
Drinks Consumed: are you kidding, do you think I could keep track of the drinks these lushes consumed?! Well, I’ll try . . . I made more than one Lemon Drop, South-Side (has gin and mint), Ward Eight (has bourbon and juices), Mojito, Compari cocktail, and bottles of wine
Conversations: Too many to list (plus I was too busy getting the food and drinks out to hear most of it) but we did talk about you two and your adventure and wished you were with us, Karina’s sisters (doing great), lots about books, movies and Twin Peaks (which I just got on DVD).
Not too late: We wrapped up a little before mid-night after about 5 hours of eating, drinking and making merry. (Then I had to kick everyone out because Robin looked way too cute in her new dress. J)
The next morning: We didn’t feel too bad (well Robin and I didn’t, I can’t talk for anyone else’s headache). But every vessels for drinking liquid had been used over the course of the previous evening.