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Monday, January 28th, 2008
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11:33a - sunday night - labradors and louboutins*
There was a cocktail party on Sunday, hosted by Angie and Nat who somehow manage to throw these amazing parties where everyone dresses up and there's an abundance of delicious food. Their Halloween party is still fairly notorious a good three years later, owing to a very delicious butter cake in the shape of a pumpkin, tree-house shenanigans and early morning sprints down the street.
But this Sunday we were pretending to be grown-ups, well most of my friends are now, with full-time jobs, cars and talk of investment property. Ang was house-sitting a very beautiful house in Drummoyne, which had a very Gatsby sensibility about it, all bright and airy and white - even the bathroom door handle was this faux crystal thing. We helped her prepare the food, figs wrapped in proscuitto, basil, boccocini and tomato skewers and breads covered in goats cheese, honey and walnuts. Nat grumbled as we requested more and more serving platters, didn't we know that if he reached up that high his perfect white shirt might come untucked??
And so we cocktailed, James made us everything from pina coladas to mojitos, toblerones and cosmos before collapsing on the couch and falling asleep. From then on the drinks got greener and a lot stronger, possibly tackier with the discovery of coloured cocktail umbrellas (which I loved).
I felt sorry for Buck the dog. He was nice enough - he didn't bark or jump on anyone and the poor thing had to deal with 30 strangers descending on his turf. Plus Nat yelling at him to go back to his kennel when he just wanted to dance.
I was super excited about wearing my new black dress, a shiny copy of the Galaxy dress which I had found earlier in the week at Vinnies. They were having a 25% off sale so I got it for $6! Yay! So happy Australia day, whatever that entails. I had spent actual Australia day with my other me, my star sister Lex. We joke that whenever we hang out, we do exactly what we would be doing alone, only we have a companion. If that makes any sense. So Saturday day, she made us these wholemeal blueberry pancakes for breakfast (and the queen of condiments laid out honey, apricot and blueberry jams, maple syrup and yoghurt - so every mouthful could be different if you wanted it so) and I kept her company as she painted. Later we would make chocolate chip cookies with sultanas and hazelnuts (and these very cute oversized choc chips that I fell in love with and kept chatting to..) and a blueberry breakfast loaf. As I left she packed me a party bag and so Saturday became Sunday afternoon tea.
It's Nicky's birthday today! And I need to find a party hat for her before I leave... I love knowing that she'll actually wear it, despite being in a public place.
* I'm sad that my photos all turned out so blurry - but it was a cocktail party after all.
x
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