it was gay pride day a few weeks ago on june 27th. totally forgetting that it was gonna clog up the entire west village, i invited some friends over for a housewarming party/dinner/drink.
there were 8 of us and i had no idea what to cook. there was plenty of thinking to do and plenty of going up to those friends and asking, “wait, so do you eat a lot?” it also didn’t help that i have the tiniest kitchen ever!
i ended up making shepard's pie since it could be made in advance.
i also made some tiramisu for dessert.
in addition, i had some pork, peppers and pineapple on skewers that were marinated in a honey glaze. unfortunately, my oven is stupid (or i’m stupid and don’t know how to use my oven and broiler) but while baking the shepard’s pie and trying to broil the skewers, my smoke alarm went off and that was when one of the taller guys had to climb up on a stool to pull it off the ceiling! oh, yeah we did try to turn it off but it wasn’t working so we pulled out the batteries and took it down. didn’t wanna scare the neighbours!
outside, it was really hot and i had been running around in the morning getting ingredients for the party. of course, it was gay pride day and i had to make so many detours because of the roads that were closed up. it wasn’t fun trying to get through a sweating glitter-covered crowd!!
bleecker street was already filling up at 11am.
soon after my friends came at 8pm, we heard fireworks and realized i had a pretty good view of them from my window!
funny thing was, the boys were more interested in the fireworks than the girls. hahaha!
setting up the champagne flutes.
wonder what we were talking about here... looks like ryosuke's giving some class talk and we're all paying attention, right?
close-up of ryosuke's necklace. i want.
the guys got a kick out of all my hats, especially my sailor cap.
so of course they passed it around and tried it on.
i think it looks pretty good on all of them...
but it was koki who suited it best. i mean, seriously. there are definitely navy boys out there who look like this. we couldn't stop laughing.
as you can see, ryuji's the joker of the group.
ryosuke with my not-very-pretty tiramisu that i randomly dusted cocoa powder over. note to self: need to buy one of those strainer things to dust the cocoa next time!
i had such a great night. it was terribly fun. you know i’ve really hated new york quite a bit. i think new york = parsons to me, so for the last 3 years, every holiday break i’ve had, i’ve tried to escape from the city.
this is probably the first time in the almost 3 years that i’ve spent in new york, that i’ve been really enjoying myself and realizing that when you’re doing what you love and you have friends surrounding you, anywhere on earth could be heaven. yep, even new york.
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Your party sounds like t was a lot of fun! I love shepherd’s pie and it makes great left overs.
I would love a sailor’s hat like that.
♥ Valerie´s last [type] ..I’m Back!
Where’s my invite???
Pout! Great views!
♥ young werther´s last [type] ..Round the world in 37 years
Love your dress! I’m guessing you made it? Because it looks very much your style. And by the way, I also made tiramisu last Christmas and thought I could get away with lightly sprinkling the top with cocoa- of course it was wayyy to heavy and I had to scrape most of it off. We must invest in sifters next time!
+valerie+
shepards pie is great!! my mom and sis used to make them all the time. plus, super easy too. i’m still trying to perfect a gravy for it. it’s also great with japanese curry! haha.
+young werther+
NEVERRRR. anyway you need to be in the same state, hello? ha!
+alyssa+
i bought a cheapo sifter today. yayyy. no more using my fingers and thinking i’m some great patissier who is able to magically dust an even amount of powder all over!
shucks. everytime someone says something like that, i really wish i did make it. no, but i had the good taste to buy it.