Dirty Rabbit

Danny, the newest addition to cooking night, hosted our weekly affair on Wednesday. He just recently moved here from Minneapolis, and is house-sitting for a childhood friend. Her place is awesome. Great space, great location, and great decor. It's eclectic, colorful, and delightfully dirty.

Her dining room chairs and windows sport this gorgeous fabric.

Yep people, there are rabbits doing it in red embroidery.

Cooking night was fantastic. Maybe it was all the satisfied rabbits looking down on us.  We had a Hanukkah theme since it was the second night of the Festival of Lights. Danny's friend Isis, who flew in that morning, spent hours making latkes and he invited a bunch of new people. There hasn't been a large cooking night in a long time, but there were 12+ people crowded around the dining room table eating latkes, (my delicious) applesauce, salad,  kugel, and eggplant. We finished off a lot of beer and 3 bottles of wine. We stayed late chatting around the table.

Next week, we're spoiling ourselves instead of making a mess of someone's kitchen. Liz, a massage therapist, at the Ritz Carlton, is booking us a table for dinner there. We get 50% off the bill at the supposedly nicest restaurant in town. We're going to get dolled up (boys too), splurge on good food and get shitty. I can't wait.