Cooking and Partying

Saturday, July 24 was a FULL day! Jerry left for dialysis early, Amanda picked me up around 9:15 a.m. and we drove to Sullivan University for a TV show taping. Secrets of Louisville Chefs did a segment with Amanda's friend, Chef Marsha Lynch and we were part of the audience. Grilled shrimp topped sun dried tomatoes; both sat atop a round of "drunken" goat cheese grits cake. Over all was drizzled flavored butter -- that's what Marsha fixed! Yum. She fixed enough for 100 people to have one. However, just smelling the aromas and watching her handle all that food, made us so hungry that, instead of waiting for the end of the next chef's segment, we left for a full meal at Zaytun's nearby, along with Marsha and John .

I'll be curious to see what editing does to the footage that was taped when the show is aired in a month or so.

That evening Jerry and I finally arrived at our niece's house in the countryside near Elizabethtown after a couple of directional setbacks!! (...a nice way of saying I got us lost. A policeman stopped to check on us when I pulled off the highway; he got us going the right way.) Cindy had a wedding shower/party for her nephew, our great nephew Andy who is getting married to (another) Amanda in September. Lively conversation, lots of good food, plenty wine and beer -- what more could you ask for in a party? A game!!! That's what else. The bride-to-be and Andy were on one team, each of their parents made up two more teams, and Amanda's matron of honor and her husband made up the fourth team. They played the Newlywed Game and, just as might be expected, some of the answers were risque and downright hilarious. The team which won wasn't even married yet -- Andy and Amanda. Their first prize [Hmmm. Could this have been set up?? :-)] was an empty paint bucket filled with gift cards from Lowe's that the guests had brought; Andy's Mom and aunts will help them build a patio/outdoor room for their home.

Saturday was not just full, it was a totally satisfying day.