My dear friend Heidi celebrated a birthday yesterday. Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks the world of her. Two of her other friends, Tiana and Eric (who are lovely people themselves!) put together a lovely, amazingly satisfying luncheon. It was one of those events that not only fed my belly, but also fed my soul. Lots of wonderful food. Lots of wine (two glasses constitutes "lots" for me on a Sunday afternoon). Lots of laughter. Lots of wonderful people. Heidi's daughter Molly came up from the Bay Area to spend the weekend with her. The whole event was over about four hours. Very slowly enjoyed and shared. SO perfect for a beautiful Sunday afternoon. An added kindness was that Tiana and Heidi were SO considerate of my vegan diet. They made sure I had lots to eat and lots of options. I was very touched (and very stuffed!)
Lots of pictures but here are some of my favorites...
The table...
Tiana and Eric in the kitchen, workin' up a storm!!! Tiana has a WONDERFUL condo!
Lots of good people and other good stuff!
The meal served was as follows:
Appetizers: Caprese salad (included yellow tomatoes that were out of this world!)
Brie cheese and apricot in phyllo dough. I've had this before when Tiana made it. TO. DIE. FOR.
Red potatoes with horseradish sauce
Orange slices
Main Course: Broiled Salmon with dijon vinaigrette
Vegan Option: Tofu and green bean rice pilaf
Fresh asparagus
Spinach salad with paremsan, pinenuts, pears, onion and raspberry vinaigrette
Cheese and french bread - one cheese board and one loaf of bread and you just pass it around and break off what you want!
Dessert was homemade lemon brioche with assorted berries (blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries) and fresh whipped cream.
I'll let you figure out the items I didn't eat and missed!
In between the meal and dessert, Heidi opened her gifts. I was SO TICKLED with Heidi's reaction to our gift! A little knit kitty from Ella Posie! Remember? The one thing I couldn't show you???His name is BlahBlah and he is going to a very good home. I hope Heidi's other cat, Mr. Frankie Toodles, will get along okay with this little kit kat!
More BlahBlah....
The obligatory group photo taken from the kitchen counter using the camera's timer. I feel like I look a little rushed to get into position but hey, it's the ONLY picture I'm in! :-) 13 of us...but absolutely nothin' unlucky about this group...or this day!
Here's to you, Heidi! Happy 29th! :-)
The food sounds YUMMY even though I'm not vegetarian but I am always up for anything. We have a really good vegetarian restaurant here in SF called Millenium. I'm glad that you had a great time @Heidi's bday!
Posted by: Malou | June 13, 2006 at 07:48 PM
It looks like you have a really great circle of friends. Thanks for sharing your good times :)
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Posted by: Lilli | June 13, 2006 at 09:37 PM