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    Party is Over for 2017! Food

    So I haven’t entered a post nor a recipe in some time now. Lots of cooking, celebrating , company and  now it is time to get back on course. The party was a success. 60 guests and no one complained about the food or drink.  I am sharing the menu and will share additional recipes soon. I mix do aheads( freezing and doing the day before), lasts minutes (keep these to a minimum) and a touch of store bought ( I can make marinated olives myself but why should I do it all.)  I like to pick my battles. If I pick less make aheads  and have to do lots of last minutes that mean I have to rely on good quality products to step in for me.  I don’t like to do that 1. it isn’t mine and 2. it can cost more and then the budget is a mess.  I don’t like either of those things.  I can be a little on the controlling side and those both rub me the wrong way.

    Decisions, Decisions,Decisions – Tablescape

    Wahoo and can I get an amen..

    After looking and looking I have decided on my color theme and tablescape for the for the Holiday Bash. This is a big deal and can save a ton of time and much hair pulling. Not to mention cash. If a decision isn’t made I start to buy everything and then have nothing to use.( picture attached showing a bag of mismatched ribbons ).

    Holiday Bash

    Got an email this past week from a friend who concocts a signature cocktail each year for the Holiday Bash at the 513 Bar and Grill. 100 days until the get together for 2017. That’s what it has come down to .. our home is turned into the 513 Bar and Grill on an annual basis. Good food, good drink and good friends. Hence, the Cocktail, Calories and Conversation. All the makin’s of a great shindig if you ask me. But it is a journey, a fun journey most of the time – but a journey none the less. That is what brought this blog to this point. I save holiday magazines ( some back to 1985 ) and recipes ( hundreds and hundreds). Fills a closet and just about any other flat surface in our home. I fear I may be a hoarder. I will send along pictures when I get brave enough! So let’s Start the Party and More!!