The Dinner Party

The weather has been wonderful  these past couple of days.

Some old friends invited us to a dinner party on the weekend. It turned out to be a lot of fun, watching movies, playing cards, and having a great time laughing and chatting. It was great to catch up with everyone. We're all in our fifties now so the conversation has turned to empty nesting issues, travel stories and health problems (hysterectomies, menopause, macular degeneration, loss of hearing, bifocal cataract lenses). The best story was this couple's trip to India. It seems the gentleman was chased and gored by a bull on the streets. He has lived to tell the tale including the fact that he happened to be wearing red shorts on that occasion!

The next day we had another couple over for lunch. I made my 'chicken artichoke bake' dish among other things and it was enjoyed.  In fact, they said it was more like dinner.  This couple has travelled a lot in their younger days so we enjoyed their adventurous stories of China, Hong Kong, Japan and Hawaii. They went on their own as opposed to doing an organized tour.

M served this wine and said it was pretty good. It's an Australian merlot called 'The Little Penguin'. I'm not really a wine drinker.