Main Course Party in Long Island

Dinner was fantabulous!
It started with Heirloom Tomatoes & Mozzarella salad with marinated Jumbo Prawns and a Cucumber Salad bowl.
Next a Mango Sorbet Intermezzo...then the main dish...A tasting plate of Filet Mignon (like butta!), Miso Glazed Sea Bass (melt in your mouth!), French Breast of Chicken (you know what they say about those French breasts!)...
Dessert was a total sugar rush...as you see in the pic it was a sampler of sweets...Creme Brulee, Molten cake, Berries, and Vanilla Ice cream....Yummy!
To add a bit of fun waiters came around with mini White Castle Sliders in their cardboard package!
As I rolled out of the affair they had a guy grilling giant NY pretzles...they were so warm and gooey!
What a great night we had a ball....I danced and sang all night...hopefully i burned off a few calories!

Party in Long Island

Well...what a great trip we had! The family celebration was fantastic...we had so much great food I was afraid the plane wouldn't take off!

Let's start with the decadent and totally out of this world cocktail hour...

I took some pics...above ...smoked salmon focaccia sandwiches, herb crusted halibut, marinated roasted veggie platter, and crab salad filled cucumber cups...the other offerings were...

Sushi bar

Raw bar

Pasta station

Caviar bar

Carving station

And a guy cooking lobster tails in cognac! Kill me!

Now lets talk about the hot passings!

Lamb chops

Goat chese raspberry pastry puffs

Piggys in puff pastry (Gotta have em!)

Rare tuna on a chip

Tarragon shrimp

Mini Ruebens

And this is only what I could see!!!!

To wash it all down was a very well stocked open bar....phew!

Wow I've finally taken the leap!

My name is Gabby!

This is so exciting...Starting my blog has taken alot of courage since I have only been a computer e-mailer/surfer!

I hope this willl be a fun journey through my life with my passion for food, entertaining, and homemaking.

I actually have a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from The University of Massachusetts Amherst! Funny thing is that after I graduated they discontinued the Home Ec. Dept! Way to clear a room!

I've lived a very exciting 47 years and hope to share my crazy stories and adventures with you...
My family is the most precious thing in my life...you will get to know my loving yet wacky crew!

Let me introduce you to my gang...(pictures will be posted in the ensuing days.)

There is my baby girl Alexis, she is 18 and we just sent her off to college! Okay so it's only 30 minutes away and she comes home on weekends...sue me!

My romance novel super hero husband is Michael...he had me at...his tight jeans!
He rides motorcycles, water skis, snow skis, golfs (this is his contact sport!), and drives fast cars....we have a ton of horsepower at our house!

My Mom lives with us and she is known as Grandmama...She is fighting the good fight against Ovarian Cancer...Everyone loves her...she is the original party girl...she's got stories about Woodstock!

Gidget is the Queen of the house...she is our 11 year old Chihuahua/Jack Russell Terrior. She is all that and then some! She has a doggie bed in every room and even pool house...why not?

You will also get to know my sister Liz "the hardest working PTA Mom" in the universe, along with my sweet niece Phoebe and my nephew Bennie...

My sister is very talented and we will be getting ideas and advice from her as well.

I hope to get comments, questions, and advice/ideas from you as well.

I will be going to NY this weekend for a family function and hope to take pics to post, so bear with me for a few days.

Talk to you when I get back!