Stef's Halloween Party

Saturday, October 26, 2013. Stef threw a Halloween party.  Here is just a bunch of random pictures. Babcie, Paula, and I arrived around 5 PM.  Everyone was already there.  When we went in, the condo door outside was open because a carpet cleaning truck left the door open so they can have to vacuum hose go from the truck to a condo inside.  So we all walked in without ringing the door.
Paula and Babcie went in first while I parked the car.

 To my surprise, everyone was in the hallway greeting each other. Everyone.  I said "Are we having the party in the hallway?", because we might as well. Just bring out the food and drink.

Anyway, here are, from left: Kelly, Paula, Joanie, and back to us is Grabrielle.  The big round circle on the window is the Great Pumpkin.

 I brought a big bottle of Yellow Tail's Sweet Red Roo.  Everyone seemed to like it.  Babcie is enjoying a glass of the red wine.

 Stef made some pastry with phillo dough and cream cheese with chives.  It is very flaky, light, and delicious.

 Stef has some nice Halloween plates. "From the Pottery Barn.", I think she said.  Here are some scarecrow plates.

We went batty with these plates.

I served mom and Joanie something with these plates, and Joanie said "Ah, call me a witch, eh".

Well, at least I didn't use these devil plates. They are all so Halloween-y.

Mike and Aunty Ann discussing world affirs.

while Stef pushed her phillo dough puffs.  Babcie really like them.

Rebecca and Kelly took the commuter rail to Franklin. Very good effort.

Julio left work early and joined us at the party. She was wearing  kitty cat ears.  Very festive.

Gabrielle, Ann, and Joanie caught up on world affairs.

Mike brought back Lasagna, salad, and bread sticks from Olive Garden.

The salad and bread sticks.

For dessert, Stef made this Strawberry cheesecake.  It is similar to the Blueberry cheesecake, except with, you know, strawberries.

and she also served this upside down pumpkin pie.  The pumpkin crust is made from butter and crumbs. It is supposed to be very delicious.

The salad comes with a bottle of the usual Olive Garden salad dressing.  It was very good, except the red onion was super powerful.  I took one tiny nip on one tiny piece, and right away feel my mouth swell up with the onion flavor.  Of course we cannot do anything to this one, but I read somewhere, if you create your own salad, the red onions can be slice up before serving, soak in water with a bit of salt and refrigerate.  When you are ready to serve, drain, and rinse, and dab dry. This will take out the sting.

We all had a very nice time at the party and were sad to leave at the end of the night.  Thanks, Stef.






Foot note:  I have a couple of pictures taken with an Epson camera.  Here they are:

 Paula wore black today, because she just came back from Mr. Dawicki's funeral.  She is wearing boots, which signifies cold weather.

Below are Rebecca and Julio. I wish the light can be more diffused. The flash appears to be too strong. The funny thing is the power in the camera gave out as soon as this picture was taken.