The Domestic Goddess Impromptu Gathering of Sixes

Hello all.
Well. This past week I made ice-cream with my friends Mary Margaret and Kyungae, which was a miserable failure. Evidently, I was not well-versed on the ins and outs of not heating milk too quickly, so our ice-cream, while deliciously sweet and aromatically vanilla-ish, was, in fact, a bit clumpy. We watched Sex and the City, which was not a miserable failure. For all of its ribaldry, that show really does have some clever writing...

Yesterday, I went back to Mary Margaret's to retreive various apparati from the episode, when... to my surprise and amazement (!) party number 6 materialized! An unplanned one! The best kind! Since the domestic goddess intellegensia (comprised of Kyungae, MM and Emily) resides at Miss Mary M's place, and since some of you have been there to witness it for your selves, you can imagine the rapidity in which a scrumptious terrace dinner materialized. Oh love. Summer is all about these times. What better way to pass your life than on a terrace with a glass of white wine and good friends?

Crazy Fives Night

Party number five was a soiree of photographer friends, come together to dish on the biz and eat some good food. after having heard the idea of needing to find a 5 count of something for this particular 'blog party' they became MAD with creative delirium, and commenced to rip poor Bobbi Jo's house to shreds to find FIVE of something. Thanks heavens, she has a collection of FIVE antique cameras. What a relief!












Ahem... notice the candle. i am NOT breaking my rules. thank you, oh blog-audience, for reminding me that i am not a good rule-keeper. cross my heart i'll do better in the future!

Party Number Four!

Ok. I am totally remiss. Parties have been happening. Good times are being had. Numbers are being counted down... and I am NOT blogging them. Oh so sorry, gentle readers. Oh so sorry. Okely dokely... SO. Party Number Four was held in honor of my friend Ashley... she JUST GOT INTO grad school WAHOOOO! Well, that isn't completely true. She had just gotten in whence said party occurred. Now, she is OFFICIALLY GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL. WAHOOOO!!!
In celebration of things cerebral, our mutual friend Kyungae and we ate that most intellectual of foods, sushi.
Delish.And, I know. This iphone image-age has got to stop. Seriously. I know.

Party Three!

Well, here I am in beautiful Laguna Beach (for work... I know. My life is tough). We did not get to celebrate Erin's departure to our satisfaction while she was still in ATL, so we decided to have a good-bye Erin party here!

Happily, the sushi restaurant we picked had red candles, thereby fulfilling one of my criteria... Amy tried sushi, pickled ginger and broccolini for the first time and Erin had three (count them....and thanks Erin for the visual) drinks thanks to our chatty and informative waiter. A night of "Three's"! How fortuitous!

Thanks Erin, Amy, Emily and Katie for a great numero tres!

Party No. 2 !
My friends Katherine and Tim surprised me the other day as I walked in the door to their apartment with a fresh strawberry muffin with a birthday candle on top! Yes, technically, this party was to celebrate my 29th year, but, since my official "Big 2-9 party" had already been had at that point, I am counting this one in the "Year of 30 Parties" batch. Candle, check. Guests, check. The "number two", check (two guests!). Picture... well, let's pretend this was taken at Tim and Katherine's house.
Thanks Tim and Katherine!

Party No. 1 !
Ok. So I have already broken my own rules. This party did not involve a candle. But, in my defense, I had this party before I created the rules. So, in the spirit of Grandfather Clauses, I hereby grant myself a Rule Waiver and I solemnly swear to uphold all the rules for next time.

This Party was held at Flip a freaking awesome new burger joint.... I had the Pate Burger (yeah, go figure. I am an unabashed eater of pate. I just love mushed up meats.) and we split the Krispy Kreme milkshake and the Nutella milkshake. Thanks Becca, Emily and Mary Margaret for attending PARTY NUMBER ONE!

What kind of blog is this?

What better way to celebrate my 30th year of living than to host 29 small parties which lead up to my 30th birthday party? I hereby fully and completely dedicate this blog to 29 parties! Last night, I dreamed up a list of criteria ('cause who doesn't love a little rule abiding?) for these parties with my friend Kennan. Thanks K!
The rules:
1. Parties must involve at least 2 or more guests, excluding myself
2. There must be at least one candle present
3. Each party must have one element which corresponds to the # that that party is
4. A picture must be taken at each party
5. The party must be recorded on this blog

Alright, folks... that's all for now... ! Until my next party~!