Great Weekend 3/09/09
Friday night my family is usually all here.
Except for one daughter, everyone else was out of town. One son and daughter-in-law were gallivanting with the likes of Robert Duval, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek at a film wrap party, another son marched in a college roomies wedding, another daughter away for a fun weekend in Miami and my grandchild in LA with her Mom!
Not to worry: turned it into a weekend of really good friends.
With everyone feeling the bad economy, friends are who we turn to .Friends are crucial to ones lives and I adore ours.
Friday night we had dinner here with a fav couple! Grilled chicken topped with sun-dried tomatoes and goat cheese, my own special Alfredo pasta and string bean -artichoke casserole (tastes similar to a New Orleans style stuffed artichoke).
On Saturday we were invited to the mountains and oh what a showplace. It is called Waterfall at Lake Burton, here in Georgia. I don’t believe I have ever seen views on trips to the mountains quite like these! On our arrival we sat on one of the three levels of screened porches and sipped wine. I promptly fell asleep and our host nudged me as I was on the verge of snoring! I promptly excused myself and I was escorted to my private suite, opened the windows facing the lake and took a long nap before dinner.
Hor dourves of a wonderful spinach dip and hummus with fresh pita were next as we sat in front of a blazing fire. Is this heaven? Dinner was fresh grouper; roasted asparagus and a wonderful potato gratin with onions. We ate in the media room watching a Peter Gabriel concert and then watched “Burn before Reading” which was hysterical!
Dessert-chocolate roulade-decadent On Sunday we ate at a very cute café in downtown Clayton and then drove the one plus hours home with the top down. Got home at 5:15 and not a minute too soon as our next engagement was at six.
Another wonderful house filled with good friends and good food. We ate a wonderful vegetarian dip made with peas and walnuts and camelized onions followed by a buffet of Southern fried chicken, a spicy squash casserole, grilled vegetables and corn muffins. Lemon squares, brownies and blackberries filled in for sweets and we were all extremely satisfied.
Don’t think we could have fit in one more activity or another morsel of food.
Great weekend!
I am invited this week to a girlfriend’s birthday party that includes going out dancing…which I love! Stay tuned…
Except for one daughter, everyone else was out of town. One son and daughter-in-law were gallivanting with the likes of Robert Duval, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek at a film wrap party, another son marched in a college roomies wedding, another daughter away for a fun weekend in Miami and my grandchild in LA with her Mom!
Not to worry: turned it into a weekend of really good friends.
With everyone feeling the bad economy, friends are who we turn to .Friends are crucial to ones lives and I adore ours.
Friday night we had dinner here with a fav couple! Grilled chicken topped with sun-dried tomatoes and goat cheese, my own special Alfredo pasta and string bean -artichoke casserole (tastes similar to a New Orleans style stuffed artichoke).
On Saturday we were invited to the mountains and oh what a showplace. It is called Waterfall at Lake Burton, here in Georgia. I don’t believe I have ever seen views on trips to the mountains quite like these! On our arrival we sat on one of the three levels of screened porches and sipped wine. I promptly fell asleep and our host nudged me as I was on the verge of snoring! I promptly excused myself and I was escorted to my private suite, opened the windows facing the lake and took a long nap before dinner.
Hor dourves of a wonderful spinach dip and hummus with fresh pita were next as we sat in front of a blazing fire. Is this heaven? Dinner was fresh grouper; roasted asparagus and a wonderful potato gratin with onions. We ate in the media room watching a Peter Gabriel concert and then watched “Burn before Reading” which was hysterical!
Dessert-chocolate roulade-decadent On Sunday we ate at a very cute café in downtown Clayton and then drove the one plus hours home with the top down. Got home at 5:15 and not a minute too soon as our next engagement was at six.
Another wonderful house filled with good friends and good food. We ate a wonderful vegetarian dip made with peas and walnuts and camelized onions followed by a buffet of Southern fried chicken, a spicy squash casserole, grilled vegetables and corn muffins. Lemon squares, brownies and blackberries filled in for sweets and we were all extremely satisfied.
Don’t think we could have fit in one more activity or another morsel of food.
Great weekend!
I am invited this week to a girlfriend’s birthday party that includes going out dancing…which I love! Stay tuned…
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