In the meantime, D and I are having a party -- a housewarming, to be precise. It's slightly belated because of our hectic summer (couldn't find a large enough window between family visits and weddings to throw a proper shindig). But no matter. We've finally managed to pull together plans for a fun evening celebrating our move to our new place and our long-awaited reunion.
In keeping with this, the theme for our party is East Meets West: we're honoring traditions from Oktoberfest and the Mid-Autumn Festival as an homage to our heritage. (Even though D's family name is Dutch, he's a good part German from his mother's side.) This means there will be many a German beer, all kinds of wurst, and pretzels the size of your head, to be served alongside a variety of Chinese dumplings and, of course, mooncakes. In the spirit of true fusion, we're also making Asian cole slaw and serving a fine Riesling by Pacific Rim.
We are hoping the German province flags that D ordered will arrive in time for the celebration. For now, we've got Chinese lanterns already in place:
(It took some creativity to get the two to hang between the lights in the background of the photo with just fishing line and no nails; I think that was our biggest accomplishment this week.)
So I'm off to finish doing what I can ahead of time to prepare for 30 guests (thus far -- there are still some RSVPs that haven't come in yet!). More on how it all turns out very, very soon.
5 comments:
Sounds like quite an extravaganza, and you're lanterns look awesome! Really stunning and beautiful.
So glad the procedure went fine.
Glad everything went fine. I may be having to get that done sometime in the next few months. Hubby has had two and has no memory of either.
Sounds like a great time coming up with the party! Have fun and looking forward to more pix of the decorations and FOOD!!!!
GEW -- thanks :). We found them at World Market! Amazing steal, and they don't need to be plugged in.
Sherlock -- if you have to have it, it's definitely not bad. Hope you don't have to all the same, though.
As for more pics of decorations, I will try to get some before the house is inundated with people. And as for the food, I will try to take a few snapshots before it all disappears ...
How come I missed this post of yours? There were a few days when it was difficult to sit down and that must be when it got published - sorry about that.
I love the Dutch and oriental fusion - okay, German/Dutch/Oriental fusion - and I'm also very very pleased for you re your results.
FF, it's been busy here too! Glad you had a chance to stop by :). Thanks for the good wishes.
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