Looks like it was a great party...glad Javier didn't show up for another hug...*shudder*

stalk, stalk. i find i am forever explaining that i am irish and we get a wee bit red when we drink. it's how the irish know who not to give a gun when the revolution comes. even a half a beer and i'm rather flushed. bringing me to point number 2: stella artois is my new favorite thing as of a few weeks ago. beer should not taste that good. it simply should not.

Omigod! You look like you had a blast. Love that you drink Stella (Stella!...my friends and I have to yell that everytime we drink it...)....and love Minou! Want that Bowie t-shirt for my own sweet precious dog, Penny. And your yard is so cute! Thanks for always sharing your pics!

Yay! Ang and Minou photos! Ang - if you read this - you look mahvelous! - that running does pay off. Too bad I'm lazy and enjoying my flab. Minou - you're lookin' hot - that West Coast living is doing you good, dog-friend.

Laurie - Thanks for posting these great photos. It's nice to "see" Angela and Minou. I've missed them so much since they moved out West. Looks like you had a fabbo time!!! "Ground" beef and all. FYI: I cooked hamburger on the weekend that had a best before date that had gone by the day before. You're not the only one putting your guests "at risk".

Now I'm even more jealous! Looks like you guys had a great time.

Minou looks even more adorable as a guest in your blog than on her own.

And red cheeks are better than a red nose -- my nose glows like Rudolph's when I drink. Really, the recruiters from the North Pole call all the time...

The party sounds and looks like it was a big success!! And fun, of course!

Your recipe for sweet tea is nearly identical to my Grandma's, except she had this one beat-up old aluminum saucepan that she BOILED the teabags and the cup of sugar in, then she put that syrupy part into the pitcher and let it cool a bit, then added cold water. The pan was permanently stained from the tea.

What is it about drinking that makes your cheeks turn red? It looks like y'all had a great time.

The person who wanted the Frito pie recipe? I posted it on yesterday's entry comments.

Re the tea? I take mine without sugar, just lemon please...

my siblings however each have 4 cavities apiece from their sweet tea habit.

Nancy

CAP, you're lovely. And I say this in a completely un-sinister way. Your forehead is fine. Everyone has a double chin from a certain angle -- otherwise we'd never be able to lift our heads. And the blushing is an indication that you're having a good time. See, all that blood in yur head, it's for feeding your brain and fueling your rapier wit.

My old roommate had a sulfite allergy, and she not only got red but also blotchy whenever she drank certain kinds of wine.

Thank Gawd I'm not the only "pink" one out there...with me it is the ears, too...I'm all flushed right now, as a matter of fact, and I'm at work! HA!

Looks like you guys had a GREAT time, and that puppy is the CUTEST!!!! I WANT HIM!!!

Looks like a great party! I wish I had a patio and yard. We all look a bit flushed sometimes, but you still look cute, like a little plum tomato :) I'm not usualluy one for the little doggies, but Minou is too adorable!

So Jenn finally got to drink the Sweet Tea? Did she like it's sugary goodness? Is she now an addict like me? BTW - my recipe for sweet tea is way easier than yours! I cheat and use the microwave!

I get red too. Except I have freckles instead of nice skin like yours, so while you turn into tomato, I'm the tomato the bugs got to. Ew.

I'm so not a lap dog person, but all of a sudden I want a little dog I can dress punk!

Wow! It looks like ya'll had a great time! Love the pics! And you know, its never a real party until someone measures their head! Woo-Hoo!!

Loved seeing the pictures! Can't wait to try the sweet tea!

Wow, a super cute little pup with it's own teeny tiny Bowie t-shirt? I can't even think of the words to describe the awesomeness of that combination.

I laugh at your self-proclaimed "redness," BWAH HA HA HA!! Your redness is charming like a slightly inebriated pixie that just dashed over from the next toadstool to say hello. Whereas... two sips of wine and I turn into a blotchy, dark-circle-eyed pizza face. Blame it on my Asian heritage!

Fun! Almost makes me want to move to Southern Cali, just to hang out in the sunshine and get drunk. But I'll stick with my dreary, sober, east coast life for now. yes, I am crazy.

BUT I had to comment because the sweet tea recipe? Where it says to add the sugar water and then more water to fill it up? Yeah. I totally did not know that part about filling it up until last night. I've been making the world's strongest ever sweet tea and I cannot believe my southern boyfriend hasn't run off with a proper southern lass. I guess you didn't have to dilute your sweet tea....

Aww I love your pictures - you and your friends are so prettiful.

nono you=MY favorite. You must IM with me so that you can er that is *I* can keep you entertained at work, and we can commiserate about being dumped, years from hell and overuse of the world "y'all"

nono you=MY favorite. You must IM with me so that you can er that is *I* can keep you entertained at work, and we can commiserate about being dumped, years from hell and overuse of the word "y'all."

Ahhh, sweet tea and red cheeks. You are a girl after my own heart.

Man oh man, love your blog! First comment, long time lurker moi... ;)

Wow, you mentioned pr0n only 0.5 times at your SnB night? Don't get me started.
For some reason, I had to mention gays and their sphincters tonight... *sigh* Why?!

What IS IT with that red cheek thing? Let me tell ya- when menopause hits- that red thing with drinking just turns itself up a few hundred notches! (Yeah- just what you were looking forward to!) Looks like a great party!

I get all pinked up too....scandavian heritage in full tilt...

Crystal--
I did get to try the sweet tea and it was FABULOUS!! Must have it again soon.

Laurie--
Thanks for throwing such a wonderful party and for bringing such cool ladies all together. And for providing me with another opportunity to make a complete fool of myself with the drunkenness. It was the perfect evening!

The weather looks great, wish I were there!

I want to go to LA and eat plain dirty burgers and drink tooth-rotting tea with Laurie, Minou, Angie and her cats.

But I'm in Boston. With the stomach flu. The Pukles have come to town.

Somehow, life doesn't seem fair.

looks like all of your guests had a great time!
AND THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the sweet tea recipe.
I hope to make it soon, and when I do I shall reminisce by drinking sweet tea while crocheting on the front porch - thats how Great Grandma taught me - sitting in rockers in her front yard with glasses of sweet tea.
THANK YOU!

I'm SURE everyone had fun! Minou is tooo cute. Love the doggy purse too. I love me some dirt on my burgers hehe :)

Looks like y'all had a great time at the party. But dear sweet Laurie, I so just want to give you a huge wedgie. You are too dang cute not to notice it. If you want big and fugly, you should see a pic of me. LOL Don't bother going to my blog to check for a pic. There ain't one. :OP I've even taken down the one I had on my Yahoo profile. Just another one of my tags up there now. hehe I will let my creations speak for me. :O)

Love the pictures!

If it makes you feel any better, my cheeks not only turn red but my name is a damned flower that IS red.

Really, everyone thinks that they are the first to comment on that.

wow - looks like an AWESOME day!!!!!!! very, very, very jealous
:)

p.s. i share the red cheek curse. in fact, i am sharing it right now while i drink beer and eat doritos at MIDNIGHT since i am on VACATION.

I'm glad to see a proud cat owner has branched out to the exciting world of Chihuahuas! I was afraid the Taco Bell dog had ruined it for the rest of them.

Yup, you're adopted! In fact - I'll adopt Minou as well...how cuuuuute is that dog!!!! Bring wine and knitting!=)

Once again, comments forgets who I am. I guess it's only fair since I forget everyone, too...

Hey, I wonder if comments had a hysterectomy, too?

You will be happy to know that now when I type the letter "c" into my URL bar your blog address pops up! You have become a part of my morning routine, and I love it!

I just found your link randomly yesterday and read through all your posts thus far. You are so funny! I'll be adding you to my daily blog list :)

I'm from SoCal too, but in OC. No, not THE OC, that's somewhere in Hermosa Beach or something. Don't get me started on the freakin' OC... :)

Just found your blog and laughed my own southern ass off!! And I had to post when I found out that someone else thinks sweet tea is the manna of life!!! I made the mistake when I moved to New Jersey (really... it's NOT that bad) of ordering Sweet Tea at a restaurant. It took a LONG time to get over the fact that they really did not think they were lying to me when they told me they definitely had Sweet Tea and then served me Snapple. Snapple?!?! Even the one Chick-fil-a in the whole damn state doesn't even serve Sweet Tea. Personally, I think that's kind of blasphemous. I mean, they close on Sunday, but don't serve Sweet Tea?? Makes NO sense.
Okay. Done ranting. Now I am just homesick.

Thanks for a Great Blog!

Holy crap, no wonder you're in love with Minou. I want a little dog like that -- I call them "shopping-bag dogs." They're basically cats, but you can stuff them into a shoulder bag and go shopping and drink lattes in cute cafes with a dog in your bag. Fab!