Pool Party...Dips, Drinks and Swim Snacks

What Fun!

We 

Took a Dip...

Worked on our

"Butterfly" Stroke 

Pasta Salad...

Munched on 

Marco Polo 

Mini Pizzas...

Drank lots of 

Pool Water...

Had a few 

Hot Tub 

Waters...

(with "the jets on" of course)

and sucked down a few

Scuba 

Sprites...

it was quite a 

Splash!

 

Halloween Buffet Pennants and a Wicked 11 year old...

These Wicked Buffet Pennants 

are ready for a client to pickup for 

her son's Halloween Party...

Fun Food and Drinks 

will be had by all...

and making my 'tween daughter

stand behind the fence 

and hold the flags 
while complaining...

PRICELESS!

Pumpkin Picnic~Salad, Sandwiches, Soup, Snacks and Soda

~Taco Salad Wedges with Pumpkin Seeds~

~Our favorite Big Sandwich with Pumpkin Picks~

~Squash and Pumpkin Soup~

~Some of the Snacks~

~Silly Soda~

and the best SURPRISE of all...

The Giants won the Pennant!

(I love how the pumpkin Jack carved shows the 

joy and torture of being a Giants Fan!)

The Dianne Salad goes to Japan

I knew I wanted an Asian Salad

on the menu for our Japanese party.

My favorite "Chinese Chicken Salad"

of all time comes from Green Street Restaurant in Pasadena.

The Diane Salad is infamous.

It is a fairly simple salad with lettuce, chicken, fried won ton skins,

rice noodles and slivered almonds but it is the dressing that makes it so special.

Although they sell bottles of the dressing at the restaurant,

the actual recipe is TOP SECRET.

I have an "inside source"

that was one of Green Street's best Hostesses

circa 1985 and I have a copy of the recipe!

We ate the "Diane's Japanese Salad" with bamboo forks

that I had stamped with either a J or a 10

in honor of the birthday boy.

Get the recipe we use HERE

Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu-Japanese Birthday Party

Jack's Japanese Dinner was so much fun.

A little touch of Japan in northern California with great friends!

The cupcakes...

Golden Buddhas as favors for the Boys...

Geisha dolls for the Girls...

Japanese Flags labeled all the Japanese food...

Japanese Sodas with a marble ...

Jack's infamous limeade with a Japanese "twist"...

Waters with a Koi Fish emblem...

One of the activities...

the chopstick challenge

the person that could get the most

out of the bowl in 30 seconds

with the chopsticks won a fabulous prize!

this box held the 1st clue in the Samurai Scavenger Hunt...

the last clue in the scavenger hunt lead

to a sampling of Japanese Sushi Erasers!

and of course the pinata,

this is before they beat the stuffing out of Godzilla

He tried to attack Tokyo after all,

and we had to defend Japan!

Happy Birthday Jack Murphy!

Viva Las Vegas...prepping for Casino Night

The Casino Party is this weekend!

The bar menu...

the signature drinks

Las Vegas Lemondrops and Monte Carlo Margaritas

Caesar Salad in Chinese take out boxes...

everyone needs this recipe (coming soon!)


Fun names for the fabulous food.