(Pretend it's yesterday.)
We spent New Year's Eve drinking cocktails and eating eight astounding appetizer courses (beef satay with peanut sauce, cocktail shrimp in tomato vodka sauce, potato cakes with creme fraiche and smoked salmon, spring rolls, spare ribs, roasted red pepper soup with risotto balls, scallops with papaya and coconut sauce, and tiramisu for dessert) prepared by our chef friend, V, in between rounds of karaoke in the basement-turned-cabaret of our good friends, Rima and Derek.
(I have a friend name Rima. She doesn't live inside my head, but about a half hour away. "Rima" is kind of like "Jennifer" if you're Lithuanian.)
My Friend Rima
Derek was the star of the show, playing several original songs, plus this nostalgic little number on guitar as the assembled thirtysomethings danced like it was 1991.
If it weren't for the occasional bleep on the baby monitor propped next to a beer bottle, you would have thought you were in a real club, what with the recessed stage, disco ball, cavernous lighting, and cabaret tables positioned just so around the dance floor.
I had my first run in with a karaoke machine.
It was not a smashing success, as you might be inclined to believe.
While I do still consider myself a supah-stah, there were several forces, (my song selection, a lack of understanding of basic karaoke rules, tone deafness) working against me.
Luckily, my friend V bailed me out as I was standing helplessly with microphone in hand, staring at the lyrics on the monitor, wondering when Whitney was going to kick in with "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."
But all in all, the evening was a hit.
Derek Clapton
My Friend V and Me
The Newly Engaged Couple
The German Visitors
I don't speeken zee German. I used this website for my German captions, so apologies if I've called you a donut or a hamburger.
Glückliches Neues Jahr!
16 comments:
You know, dearie, you were trouble before you got photoshop, but now...
sounds like you had a wonderful time. love it.
Karaoke has rules!!??
Great pictures.. and I had no idea Rima is a common Lithuanian name! :)
How did you ever manage before Photoshop, Rima?!
Heidi
What a great party. I would've loved to see some video of your run in with a karaoke machine!
He said "goat." you rock.
"Derek Clapton" - Hilarious!
Sounds like fun! Those appetizers sound pretty impressive too. I thought you were going to say you ate those little hot dogs in pastry which I personally happen to like.
Oh, baby. That video took me back to what? '93?
And now I will sit here with the sobering realization that 1993 was fifteen years ago. Fuuuuudge.
And I still don't know what "havering" is.
Happy New Year! (Prentending it is yesterday works for me.)
Looks like fun. And Photoshop! Whee!
(Could the German visitors be any more beautiful?)
Happy New Year! (Still pretending.)
Looks like you had fun!!!
You are so FUN! I think I'm developing a little crush on you.
Happy 2008.
i think your photoshopping software is truly a gift to all of us who read your blog, so thanks to whoever got it for you.
and what a fun night, even with karaoke disaster. (whitney? i would never even try her, girlfriend! you are brave! and a soprano, which I am not.)
I totally want to come to your house for the next party. Even if I have to walk past the drug dealers to get there.
Just how many drinks did you have? That's what I want to know!
Call me easily entertained but I am still giggling about the goat.
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