slowing it down

my week off

 is

 getting away from me

 I need to slow it down

 I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas 

if you celebrate

 if not 

I hope

 you had a nice day

 a nice dinner 

 speaking of dinner

 my friend Donna cooked

she always cooks amazing holiday meals

 but

 this was a first

 a venture

 into new recipes

 she kept saying

 'its all new to me so if its not good just wait there will another course coming'

 lets see what did we have

first off

 champagne or proseco

 to toast 

good friends and family

 being together

 and

 to those no longer with us

 then some chit chat while the cook, er, chef finished things up

disclaimer  

please do not enlarge these photos

 most are crap

 not focused

 should be deleted

 I took the new D7000 with the 35mm with me

 I need to learn to stand stiller

 to not slam down the shutter

 I need to concentrate

 so things are in focus

'cause

 when I did

 those things

 the photos

were

sharp

crisp

and

made me smile

like this

not so these that follow

come on lets sit down

amazing Sicilian egg drop soup

 that's the best description

 it was delicious

 a salad

 of

 finely chopped celery and green olives 

pasta primavera

 with 

squat thick macaroni

 chunks of seasonal veggies

 like eggplant 

wonderful crisp garlic bread

a choice

 of 

filet migon and/or swordfish

 cooked under a blanket of spinach, mushrooms, onions delish

wash it down with lots of lovely wine

 then indulge in eggnog pie

and

hope 

you do not explode!

while you are digesting the menu

 I am entertaining

 friends from out of town

 today and tomorrow

  all our adventures 

will be recapped 

see you later