Wine and Cheese Party
Last night, Steve and I threw our first big party here in La Serena. Of course, it was a wine and cheese party, 2 of my favorite things, it was also a despedida for our friends Del and Gary, who will be leaving us next week. Del and I went to the wine shop in town and picked out 3 reds and 3 whites for our blind tasting- 2 carmeneres and a cab sav, and 2 chardonnays and a semillon. We then covered the labels and numbered them, and Del made up questions for everyone to answer. We had a ton of cheese and crackers, veggies and dip, nuts, pretzels, choripan and homemade cookies. Most people brought a bottle of their favorite wine to share with everyone. I was expecting about 20 people, and of course had bought way too much cheese, and in reality we had about 60 or more people at the party. We ended up polishing off about 30 bottle’s of wine in all and some beer. People brought their kids which ranged from infant to 13, and I ended up setting up the kids in our bedroom, pulled out the futon gave them soda, popcorn and candy and they watched movies. We were a little worried about how Leyna would behave, but she did awesome. She played a little with the kids, but mostly hung out with the adults. Everyone was amazed at how well she did, she hardly ever jumped up on people, preferring to snuggle with them on the couch. All in all it was a very successful party, of course, what else would you expect from me?
Comment by Dad
Wow! Three stories at once! Nice to know they have meat in Chile. Also, I’m pretty good at ping-pong (or, gnip-gnop as we called it for some reason). But, I’m really looking forward to the wine, just leave a little for your mother and me, would ya?
Posted on January 28, 2006 at 5:26 pm
Comment by Cara Resig
Wine and Cheese parties are the BEST! I can’t believe you had that many people over, cool! We can fit about 6 at our place, ok 10. That’s great Leyna did so well.
Posted on January 30, 2006 at 1:55 pm