Wednesday 28 December 2011
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| Claire and Nicole |
This was to be a Spring cleaning day, and so it was. With scrubbing brushes, cleanser from Albania and some home-grown elbow grease, we made Don's pad sparkle! Ingredients for the
tapas party that night, with our Austin-Valencia friends Bill and Claire, were prepared in advance and included: sliced prok, cream cheese, pesto, mushrooms, grilled eggplant, tuna, chickpeas and stuffed olives. We toasted and cut some sourdough bread, then waited for the doorbell to ring.
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| Nicole putting together the Fantasy Van |
They were right on time and we opened a bottle of red wine and began tasting the
tapas. The dining room and its nicely-set table were neglected in favor of the comfort of the living room area with couch, so Dian traveled from kitchen to living room with about 10 different creations. Meanwhile, Nicole put together the "fantasy van" model she and Dian had bought for Charles in Piegaro, Italy.
Dian's song "Neptune's Tavern" was performed so our guests would know from whence came the book of the same name (Dian's words with her illustrations) that we had given them. With wine flowing freely it was nice to have Nicole clean up the kitchen and also nice that we didn't have far to walk (down the hall) to fall into bed. Bill and Claire said they didn't mind the walk home (about 20 minutes) because the night air was pleasant.
Dian's song "Neptune's Tavern" was performed so our guests would know from whence came the book of the same name (Dian's words with her illustrations) that we had given them. With wine flowing freely it was nice to have Nicole clean up the kitchen and also nice that we didn't have far to walk (down the hall) to fall into bed. Bill and Claire said they didn't mind the walk home (about 20 minutes) because the night air was pleasant.
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