put a banana in it

seeing how my birthday is march 29th, falling this year on a thursday, r and i decided to have my party on saturday the 24th. what a blast we had! it was our first real party since we’d moved into our apartment [january 2006] and r really pulled out all the stops. he did a costco run for beverages, plates, cups, etc, and drove all the way down to san jose to visit our friends at good karma [you may remember the delicious food prepared by good karma for our wedding in october] and brought back various flavors of hummus, egg rolls, and a spicy tofu curry. delish times ten!

we had a moment of panic about 10 minutes after the party was scheduled to start, and not one guest in sight. doesn’t every host have a slight freak out after all the shopping, the lighting of candles, the music turned on, where you think oh my god no one is going to show up! or if they do it will be only 3 people who will awkwardly leave after 30 minutes because no one else came? fortunately by 8:30 the sarkis sisters and their men showed up, and everyone else soon followed. so many people brought extra drinks, sweet treats, and even gifts! i hadn’t even factored in that people might bring me something to actually celebrate the anniversary of my birth. the fact that so many showed up was fabulous enough, the gifts were the figurative icing on the [vegan] cake.

speaking of which… i think everyone must know i love chocolate. there is so much left over i just might gain ten pounds in the next week.

thank you so much to everyone who came. it was a smashing success.