the party's over...

And that, as they say, is that.

I think it was pretty successful. The food was really good. I love love love serving the first course in the dining room, especially when my guests don't know each other very well. It really gives people a chance to talk and move around a little bit.

Of course, there was too much food. I made the biggest lasagna in the world. I dished up huge portions and some of the men and seconds and, even so, I have two full dinners in the freezer.

During the day, I found out that John Brecher and Dorothy Gaiter, wine columnists for the Wall Street Journal, had proclaimed last night their fourth annual Open That Bottle Night so, after champagne and bordeaux, I broke out my bottle of Inniskillin Okanagan Ice Wine, which was well received by all.

The smartest play of the night was made by Andrew, who had hired two of his former students, now sixth graders, to be "camp counselors" or the 8 kids in attendance. Before we knew it, the girls had the kids organized and making a restaurant of their own, and we barely saw them all evening. This made for a terrific night for the parents.

Clean up was more or less a snap but, boy am I tired today.

Posted by volfie at February 23, 2003 12:09 PM