23 September 2005

Santa Monica dinner party


My friend Julian and his girlfriend had me over for dinner last night. I had an amazing time; very relaxing. Theresa has a real talent for cooking. She had the table set up beautifully, fresh pink tulips in a simple vase filled with water, and matching plates and bowls spread around the table. Stemmed wine goblets filled with white wine was a delicate touch.

We started with a caprese salad with olive and balsalmic vinegar (my favorite), and I told them about the movie I saw last week, and some of the new life changes I've made. I think they found it interesting.

The entree was delicious. Check this out: Mostacioli pasta tossed with salmon, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, capers, sun-dried tomato, asparagus, and artichoke hearts(sounds like a special I would have described to one of my tables at the Italian restaurant I used to work at). It was very tasty, especially with the salmon. Which is odd for me because I usually don't like fish tossed with pasta. But she prepared it in a way that it wasn't fishy(hard to do). She rocks.

For dessert, we had this tasty little berry tart with coffee. We moved into the living room with our plates, and hung out, talked, and we spoke about what the Bible says about premarital sex...More on that later.

So, after it hit about 10:20pm, they walked me out to my car in the ocean air, and I drove home, pleasantly stuffed and cozy.

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