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July 6, 2007
Happy Day Off
Fuck the 4th of July with all its insipid patriotism. I just had a lovely day off which included (not necessarily in order of excitement): getting some work done, decoupage, cooking, eating, drinking, playing with fire, photography with my rad new Lomo, Henry and hanging out with friends. The main source of excitement and activity was a pot-luck bar-b-que at Walker's house. Walker is the executive sous chef at Wisteria, which is a well reviewed local restaurant, so it is a bit intimidating to cook for him. My tried and true Grit Cookbook saved the day. I made the Grit's squash casserole:
Walker exclaimed, "I'd slap my momma for this squash casserole!" So I'm pretty pleased.
All the important people were there:
I do believe it was officially Henry's first party.
There were also fireworks (what would a day off be without fireworks?), including the "Golden Shower Fountain". Yes, you read that correctly:
Here is the actual "golden shower":
There was also some yummy sangria. I found out at the end of the night that there was some tequilla in there, which explained a lot:
Here's Walker with his birthday present (I made the bag):
Joe, Dixon and Susan enjoying the lovely evening:
There are more pictures, but I mainly used the above mentioned rad new Lomo and I have to pack. I'm heading back to Callie tomorrow for some much needed R&R. I'll spend a few days in SB and then it's off to Bass Lake with my cousin Julie and her family and friends. This will be my eighth year joining them on this trip. Wow. I hadn't done the math until just now. I'm a little shocked. Vinnie and Mike (Julie's children) were 10 and 8, respectively, when I first moved to California. Damn. Talk to you soon.
Posted by sara at July 6, 2007 2:38 AM