Good friends, good food, good times. This weekend was a pretty sociable one for me, as I spent more time than usual for me on a weekend outside the house with people other than Ben. I got some recording done, and got to see my bestie Shalimar yesterday for brunch after a year apart. She's been all over Australia and New Zealand and I've missed her terribly! It was awesome to catch up over burgers and Bloody Marys.
On Saturday, I attended a tiki-themed birthday bash for Annie, a mutual friend of Jillian's. Jillz made a beautiful "Natural Disaster cake" complete with a buttercream-frosted bundt volcano, candy tidal wave, and coconut "grass." Delicious!
She was disappointed that the volcano started cracking and "erupting" before it could get to the party, but it still looked awesome and tasted wonderful-- the lime buttercream icing was SO GOOD, I don't think I ever met a citrus I didn't like. I reminded Jillian of Mount St. Helens, who has a pristine surface before it erupted, and now looks quite different but just as visually interesting.
Happy Birthday, Annie, and thanks for having us all! The sparkler fiasco was really funny-- word to your bird, don't put a lit sparkler close to a near-full box of sparklers, because they will all go off. Seems obvious, but you know how things can get at parties...
How was YOUR weekend?
Floral print all around, with Jillian and Anna.
Jillian and Elvis light the sparklers on the volcano cake.
The birthday girl, Annie, shows us a sparkler, which matches her sparkly top.
Sparking a connection.
Don't leave boxes of flammable objects unattended, or near open flames!
My job at the party, besides taking these spectacular snappies, was serving cake to the guests.
Check out the candy tidal wave! Cowabunga!
Close-up of the cake. Mmm, that icing was so tasty!Those are wooden dowels holding the cake together!
On Saturday, I attended a tiki-themed birthday bash for Annie, a mutual friend of Jillian's. Jillz made a beautiful "Natural Disaster cake" complete with a buttercream-frosted bundt volcano, candy tidal wave, and coconut "grass." Delicious!
She was disappointed that the volcano started cracking and "erupting" before it could get to the party, but it still looked awesome and tasted wonderful-- the lime buttercream icing was SO GOOD, I don't think I ever met a citrus I didn't like. I reminded Jillian of Mount St. Helens, who has a pristine surface before it erupted, and now looks quite different but just as visually interesting.
Happy Birthday, Annie, and thanks for having us all! The sparkler fiasco was really funny-- word to your bird, don't put a lit sparkler close to a near-full box of sparklers, because they will all go off. Seems obvious, but you know how things can get at parties...
How was YOUR weekend?
Floral print all around, with Jillian and Anna.
Jillian and Elvis light the sparklers on the volcano cake.
The birthday girl, Annie, shows us a sparkler, which matches her sparkly top.
Sparking a connection.
Don't leave boxes of flammable objects unattended, or near open flames!
My job at the party, besides taking these spectacular snappies, was serving cake to the guests.
Check out the candy tidal wave! Cowabunga!
Close-up of the cake. Mmm, that icing was so tasty!
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