quiet weekend, with dinner party
I haven't had a proper dinner party in ages, so last night was fun; I had a couple of local friends over, we made a fire in the fireplace (the cats approved), we hung out chatting and drinking the first half of a bottle of wine before we even got to the food.
Menu: salad of butter lettuce, fennel, and blood oranges with orange-mint vinaigrette; salad of cannellini, roasted red peppers, and shallots (all from my garden!) with lemon vinaigrette and plenty of pepper; chicken tagine with olives, apricots, and preserved lemon; and, for dessert, pears poached in red wine with shortbread cookies on the side.
And then we sat around chatting some more while Toby tested all the laps and Theo made everyone throw toys for him to chase.
This morning I slept in (o luxury!) and had challah french toast and the last of the bacon and a cup of the really excellent tea that
astolat introduced me to last spring, and then I clicked around seeing who made various Festivids (a few "I knew it!", a few surprises, a few "wow I should have guessed that" moments), and now I am going to have a late lunch, get some groceries so I can make beef stew for dinner because while it is a gorgeous sunny day the high is supposed to be -16F with windchill, and try to get some work done this afternoon while the stew's in the oven and the laundry's in the machine. And if I finish my work with time to spare, tonight I am going to open a Premiere file for the first time in a while, because Festivids has inspired me: I love vids, and I miss my stupid hobby. ♥
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Menu: salad of butter lettuce, fennel, and blood oranges with orange-mint vinaigrette; salad of cannellini, roasted red peppers, and shallots (all from my garden!) with lemon vinaigrette and plenty of pepper; chicken tagine with olives, apricots, and preserved lemon; and, for dessert, pears poached in red wine with shortbread cookies on the side.
And then we sat around chatting some more while Toby tested all the laps and Theo made everyone throw toys for him to chase.
This morning I slept in (o luxury!) and had challah french toast and the last of the bacon and a cup of the really excellent tea that
astolat introduced me to last spring, and then I clicked around seeing who made various Festivids (a few "I knew it!", a few surprises, a few "wow I should have guessed that" moments), and now I am going to have a late lunch, get some groceries so I can make beef stew for dinner because while it is a gorgeous sunny day the high is supposed to be -16F with windchill, and try to get some work done this afternoon while the stew's in the oven and the laundry's in the machine. And if I finish my work with time to spare, tonight I am going to open a Premiere file for the first time in a while, because Festivids has inspired me: I love vids, and I miss my stupid hobby. ♥
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