I do … again

It’s only located about 45 minutes from where I grew up, but I’d never been to or even heard of Saphire Estate until the wedding planning began. A very in-charge lady met us at the bus and herded us inside and up the stairs so the bride could complete her final preparations: We were not necessarily the easiest bunch to keep on task: Everything looked so pretty, and we I couldn’t stop taking photos:    We had a special room upstairs designated for dressing Kerri in her gown and for killing the hour + until the ceremony. … But the rest of us had many other steps to take before we were unleashed on the cake Some of these steps included watching Kerri and her daddy dance: Others included demolishing my dinner, which consisted of chicken breast stuffed with goat cheese and spinach and topped with a sun-dried tomato cream sauce (but that is just a guess!): Enjoying the bride’s dazzling beauty: Discovering the chocolate-covered brownie on a stick present at every place setting: Eating the chocolate-covered brownie on a stick: Stocking up at the chocolate fountain: With pineapples, strawberries, bananas, Oreos, and Nutter Butters: Finally, the cake slices were presented!

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Speaking of events …

Tres leches cake and fruit salad: Munchy munchy munchy: I had lots of fruit and two small plates of milk-drenched cake crumbs like so: Any work event that ends in cake passes the test in my book Event #2 took place July 4th weekend up in Massachusetts, where I was for Penno’s (ok, she is not Penno anymore, but that is what I will keep calling her!) … Dessert was a very refreshing Mango Sorbet with Raspberry Coulis: Along with many many bites of Ting’s Warm Chocolate Bundt Cake: There was, of course, even more food involved in Penno’s actual wedding, but we will discuss that at a later date!

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Appearances may be deceiving

   With the other two zucchinis, I embarked on my own recipe for dark chocolate zucchini cake which I created a couple years ago from about 10 different recipes and my own opinions. Now, this cake is very healthy — in fact, I ate a big slice of it every morning for breakfast — and it also tastes quite healthy.

…I then scooped up the rest of the pieces, and now I have smoothies all the time ) While we’re on the topic of appliances I have accumulated as of late, I got this food processor with credit card points and decided that CSA basil-dill-parsley pesto would be an excellent way to inaugurate it: OK, phew!!

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West side story

The boys posed: (Chris, Erik, and Ted) The girls posed: (me, Wife, Gina, and Kate) And we all mingled in our gender-specific (weird how that happens) groups:    Throughout this whole mingling time, a lovely string quartet was providing the background music with all sorts of excellently selected contemporary songs set to classical arrangement: We got the cue to sit, and the important people made their entrance Groom: Bride: Diana’s wedding march was “Kissing You” from the Romeo + Juliet movie, played by the string quartet. … I chose crab cake: Spicy black bean: and pulled pork: More drinks please: Some ate, while others posed: Fig and goat cheese crostini: (the partner to steak nachos in the top two bites of the night) Shrimp: Chicken satay: Sunset!

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