September 6th Labor Day Dinner Recap:

 

Time: 6:30

Table: Mom and Dad’s dining room table in their new apartment

Who Gathered:

Mom

Dad

Lynley

Timmy (Lynley’s roommate)

Stephanie

John

The Menu:

Appetizers:

Farris Family Slush with Z-up

Crackers and cream cheese dip

Mixed Nuts

Drunken pineapple chunks

Dinner:

Grilled Salmon and Chicken with little green onions

Oven roasted potatoes

Cole slaw

Fruit Salad

Corn on the Cob

Dad’s Cucumber, Vinegar and Onions

Veggie Griller (for JY)

White wine

Tea

Water

Dessert:

Quick mixed berry cobbler with vanilla ice cream

Chocolate Cupcakes with pink frosting

What was not eaten:

A French silk pie that involved raw eggs…hmmmm

Various Dining Topics:

* A recap of the Santa-Cali-Gon Days festival

* Allergy misery

* To go or not to go to the Beatles tribute concert

*  Stories from the old neighborhood: The UFO sighting, the spare wooden leg sighting, the elephant sighting, the dusty cognac bottle sighting, etc, etc, etc.

* Discussion of how to run a book club a.k.a. Dad’s retirement plans



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