Thursday, March 10, 2005

A Party, Sideways Style, but distance travelled only from living room to bathroom, not through the wine valleys of California

Before the passage of time addles my memory further than the wine already has, I'd like to recount some highlights from the party that the team of Zandrea! were at Saturday night.
The party took place in the Andrea part of Zandrea's apartment, in cooperation with roommates. The pre-party planning involved the making of checklists, cleaning and shopping. Trader Joe's fans that we are (see 2005 Food Recommendations, Installment 1), Mihee and I undertook the food and wine shopping. My expertise lies more in cheese,than wine, so I took responsibility for that (cheddar, brie and manchega, thank you very much) while Mihee chose the wine ("I really love the Wilhemette Valley wines"). Brandi took care of the rest of the food, as well as wine glasses (we're all post-college, so now red plastic cups!) and candles, for ambience. Lauren put away the holiday decorations (a range of holidays from fall through winter-- we all maintain busy lifestyles).
Zara and Arnold arrived when the party was in full swing. Zara is a famous mystery, so those who finally got to meet her were dazzled and in awe. She came decked out in black(Mihee: "Zara, black, but no turtleneck?" Zara: "No, I dress up in black v-necks for parties."). Arnold played our game-- Choose the Wine: Classy vs. Trashy, and did quite well, earning him a "wine snob" lable (as opposed to the "wine- yes!" lable others of us earned, indicating that any wine is good wine. One might say "wino", but that's an offensive term.).
The night rolled on...people drank, chatted, socialized, took inappropriate polaroid pictures. In other words, the party proceeded as planned. Late into the night, a mini dance party, or more to say, homecoming/prom started in my bedroom. Journey played, and ths slow dance was on.
A few lessons were learned throughout the night:
1) If you plan to wear a white shirt to a party where mostly red wine will be drunk in copious amounts, it better be your own party so you can change when you spill it all down your front.
2) Yellowtail is no good. I'll take Charles Shaw over that.
3) If you think you might want leftover cheese for breakfast, see that it gets put in the fridge the night before.

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