ALFRESCO ENTERTAINING

​Alfresco entertaining means dining outdoors. It is an Italian phrase that we have become so familiar with. 

Entertaining outdoors is a one of the most enjoyable places to share a meal, a snack or just coffee or tea with family and friends. 

Nitz and I share some red fruity hot tea. 

Our son’s recent visit after missing him for 2 1/2 years due to pandemic 

My sister Annie’s visit last month

Enjoying matcha green tea latte with BFF, Tess

Recently when the pandemic started to wind down we did a bit of entertaining in the garden. 

Former colleagues and friends forever decided to visit us. 

The advantage of dining in the garden is that we have a ready-made backdrop of plants, no need to do much but make the table setting more interesting. 

Alfresco dining is meant to be casual but I always like my table dressed up more than casual but still simple

Last week we invited Butch, one of Jim’s BFF and our dearest friend, Nitz. 

“Why are you going out of your way to make an elaborate table setting?”: Jim asked. “It’s only Butch”, he said.  But I wanted to make it nicer than ordinary; besides I want to use my Orla Kiely tablecloth. 

That’s with Butch and our great friend, Nitz. 

Alfresco parties are fantastic, we can enjoy food and conversation and also have fresh air and sunlight or moonlight depending on the time of day. Moreover, there are the sounds of the birds chirping and the leaves rustling  in the light breeze. 

Nowadays, our calamansi tree is in bloom, I just can’t get enough of the sweet and fruity smell of the flowers I almost can’t leave the garden. The only thing lacking  is good company, though jim and I enjoy breakfast and often afternoon snacks outdoors.