the birthday party

so here i am, ONE MONTH LATER, posting about ali and kim's bday party we had here at the bat cave. overall, i would say it was a smashing success. the weather cooperated, the bugs stayed away for the most part, the kids loved the food and the wine spritzer i made, AND we were only left with (count it!) six beers-this, in and of itself is a miracle, b/c usually there is an entire cooler of beer left over. clearly we invited the *right* people to this party.

so lets begin with a pic of the two birthday cuties. all this pics are compliments of kim & glennda, b/c while i was the hostess with the mostess, i did NOT do such a good job of keeping the camera with me. oh bother.



we had the barbeque roaring and then had lots of side dishes and while we had some beer, most folks brought their own. i also made this very refreshing (though i wish it was sweeter) wine spritzer made of pinot grigio and pellegrino. you zest lemons and oranges into ice cube trays, then fill them up with water and make these delish zesty ice cubes that go in the drink and it is citrusy and divine. i may try it next time with a reisling or some other sweet white wine. glennda got kim a yummy ice cream cake and then i made ali red velvet cupcakes (easier to pass). everybody had a little bit of each. here are two pics of the birthday kids blowing out their candles:





there was a nice mix of supper club folks, staten island folks (that is what i call kim's friends even if they are not from or living in staten island), innocence project friends (and their friends) and law school friends. there was one moment where i started to panic a bit b/c everyone was kind of hanging out inside and we live in a box, so that was not possible, but as soon as they headed out back in the garden, i started to ease up. our a/c window unit was pumping on high the whole night. poor girl, she is pretty much kaput now. we are hoping to pick one up at the end of the season (now) on super sale. ok here are some pics of the lovlies who graced our fiesta. first the cuties, glennda and kim:



some of kim's staten island friends:



and more si friends:



i am calling them "si friends" b/c i have forgotten some peoples names since it has been OVER A MONTH since this joint happened. i have also had a lot of diet coke between then and now, and as you know, that shit steals my memory, so there you have it.

ok here are some folks whose names i remember (mostly b/c they are kim's best friends and one is her roommate). here is one of margaret (roomie) and christina (s.i. best friend). now margaret was a GENIUS and she brought a delish watermelon and a bottle of ketel vodka and we cut up the watermelon, put it into a tupperware and ole girl poured some vodka over it. the kids (myself included) LOVED it. what a great idea. margaret is the one with the hot miami tan and camo top, and christina is the other cutey mccutester.



and here is clarissa (other best friend) and her sweetie marcus. clarissa has the most beautiful hair:



and lastly, but certainly not leastly, mr banana slug, who let us use his garden for our party:



i am really glad we had the party b/c i think ali and kim felt really loved that night (they are) and that was my goal.
GO TEAM!