What a year it has been!
Walking together everyday, taking our photos on facade of beautiful homes and sharing on Facebook
Occasional breakfast together; most often at Tess’ who shares delicacies from Samar.
Celebrating our birthdays together.
Indeed, it was quite a year!
Last night the Sweet Magnolias has gone a full-year circle. After the hassle and buzzle of Christmas, we ushered our new year with sumptuous food, sweet music and lots of sharing and laughter.
We thank our hosts, especially this gracious man of the house who made us all so welcome and never stopped topping up our drinks. I met Atle twice for breakfast in their home and once, Tess was able to lure him over at our garden for breakfast.
Look at this elegant table setting laid for 15, including the husbands. It felt so enticing to sit and admire it at my appointed place yet hesitant to touch. There’s a lot of love put into setting it up.
Unlike my earlier blogs, I’ll not dwell much on the food but it was a generous and mouthwatering spread. Though we bring our “little” dishes too, Tess’ kitchen never left us wanting for anything from drinks, appetizers and hot food; not to mention our penelophine, the take home after the party.
The “take home” tradition has been carried over among Filipino friends and family the world over; it translates to “sharon” in local lingo derived from the name of a singer whose song “balutin mo ako”, meaning “wrap me”.
Back to the party and more photos. We are a group whose second nature is posing for photos.
We gathered around the appetizer table munching on chitcharon, sushi bake, kinilaw na tangigi paired with fried plantain.
Once again time flew so fast when we are having fun. No dancing this time but mellow music conducive to friendly conversation.
We did a lot of catching up, this party is really something to write home about, a wonderful way to start the year with great friends. Like we would often say, thank you everyone for the love and friendship.
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