Birthday Bash

Last night was our big birthday party. We were fortunate to have 7 friends come to celebrate with us. Two more would have been here, but Patricia had to work and Craig had some things to attend to which prevented him from joining us. The food was great... Archan's chicken curry, Nihar's Indian hors d'oevres, Tanya's fried collard greens, Renato's rice and veggies, Dr. Tom's dip and crackers, Lei's Chinese ribs, my chilli, and Kathy made the birthday cake. Tanya made Chintu's day by bringing fresh flowers. We drank wine and champagne, and before the evening was over, Chintu and Nihar were making fruit martinis, too! We were, as you can see in the photo, very happy to have everyone here.

Tanya relaxing and sharing a smile...

Renato looking like he was up to something....

Lei's beautiful smile (isn't she photogenic?)

Lei, Kathy, Nihar, and Chintu sharing a moment...

A great picture of Kathy...

Archan and Nihar...we were so glad they were here...

I'm glad that Chintu and others pressed to have a fire and did almost all of the work (I had a terrible headache and tried to discourage it at first)...it was an awesome end to an awesome evening...
Chintu wanted fresh flowers for the party, and he got them...

We'll probably post more pics later...may peace and love be abundant for all who read and look here...