There is nothing like setting a random weekday night's dinner table with some of your finest. The evening seriously could have gone the sit-on-the-couch-and-fend-off-the-dog route, but we invited a good friend over, Ryan made the most delicious roasted vegetable stack (eggplant, onions, tomatoes, red peppers...) and marina sauce, and I decided to do my part.
I cleared our kitchen table and used my great Greek grandmother Georgia's tablecloth and napkins she embroidered herself (Just some of the bounty my mom gave to me when she was preparing to move.). The pictures do not quite do it justice- it's a lighter more elegant peachy color that looks so perfect with our apple green and gold china.
I never knew Georgia, but I am certain we would have loved one another.
P.S. I used to be so afraid to use a tablecloth for fear it would get spilled on. I've learned some quality stain removal techniques- don't worry- you can get it out- use your beautiful things! It makes you feel so nice to sit at a set table, and you don't have to fend off the puppy!
I would like to attend this party. So pretty and pink. Champagne with straws! It's a do.
Also dessert napkins I got at Lambrusco'z in the southeast corner shopping center at 41st and Peoria. They say "The day you were born, the world had to make room for a little more fancy."
Mom makes sausage cheese balls when we visit her in Houston. They are also the ultimate party food. Oh yum. Bisquick recipe, friends. Google it, look on the back of the box, buy the cookbook, do what you must, but make these balls.
We baked them for 30 minutes or so at 475. I guess there is some controversy over whether the glass will break while baking, but our consensus was that these jars were made for boiling in hot water, so we'd risk it.
