Party of six

Last Saturday, we invited four of our closest friends and hosted our very first dinner party together. It was something the two of us had been planning for a while, but we finally committed to it (after a long-overdue haircut and cup of coffee). It was an all-day affair, starting with planning (Epicurious is a god-send for home cooks), a trip to Trader Joe's, and two hours of preparation. Once the food was plated, the guests arrived, and the wine was poured, we got a second to breathe and enjoyed the company of some amazing people. Shout-out to Christina, Jasmine, Josh, and Matt!

We prepared a simple strawberry and spring mix salad tossed with lemon juice and pepper, a toasted baguette with black olive/garlic/basil spread, broccoli and peppers with hot pepper flakes, and seared steak with cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, thyme, garlic, and basil. One of our friends brought a fruit tart- the perfect end to our meal.

Enjoy the pictures that we hurriedly snapped throughout the ordeal. My oil-smeared, battered Canon serves as proof of our hard work.

Always looking into the meré,
xx