Monday, July 19, 2010

surf's up!

another hot and humid nyc summer evening - a day AND night at the beach certainly would have been a refreshing way to spend this sunday supper. but despite the weather, it was a festive and full of food!

started off with some garlicky fava spread and tropical agave roasted cashews...


...but perhaps much more importantly a giant batch of thirst-quenching and absolutely delicious dark-and-stormys.





as it goes, friends and food arrived and it was most certainly time to eat, drink and be oh so happy!


DINNER MENU
rachel & josh's fish tacos with red cabbage-apple slaw
melinda & sean's penne & rock shrimp in spicy tomato sauce
nick's shrimp in garlicky gravy
justin's crab salad
austin's spicy black beans and rice
clemence & nora & friend's chips and guacamole
stephanie's watermelon and avocado salad
jakenna & conor's veggie kabobs & strawberry-spinach salad

BEVERAGES
dark & stormy's by josh
beer courtesy of eve & greg, amy, justin
wine from amanda, clemence & friends, robbie & dana, april
champagne generously gifted by antonio
capri sun thanks to justine
and ice a la erica





once dinner had been devoured, it was time to just chill...
...well we tried, it sure was hot! but we were still happy.




and then - of course - didn't wait too long before we were onto dessert!!


DESSERT
rachel's peanut butter & jelly loaves
april's fruit salad and meringue
amanda's watermelon
robbie & dana's "ice-cream" sandwiches
clemence & nora & friend's chocolate covered cherries





i'm pretty sure nick enjoyed the little loaves...


... every, last, bite.