Double RJ Ranch Deux: kim and phil

Monday, August 26, 2013

Drunk on frienship

Saturday night the gang celebrated an end of summer BBQ at my house.

Everyone pitched in to bring a delish side dish to accompany my kabobs.

EVERYTHING was tasty amazing!

Paula and Jay D brought their kick ass spicy stuffed jalapenos, Kim and Phil brought home made baked beans, Derek and Lisa brought a fresh caprese salad, Marilyn and Ben brought a large bowl of salsa love, and Lynsie and Jay brought a dessert that was so addicting we called it 'crack in a pan'.

I had been waiting for the right moment to use my two bottles of cherry wine that I bought at the wine fest in CO.

This was the perfect eve to bust it out , mix in some lemonade and fruit, and celebrate with my friends.

We caught up on each other's lives and were like puppies just needing to be close to each other and suck every breath hoping the night wouldn't end.

I was drunk on laughter, good food, happiness and

fabulous friend fellowship.

Damn....life is good :)

Especially with these great people.

We are a lucky bunch of goofballs.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Magically Delicious!

Our group date with the gang finally came!

We had been planning this night for weeks, and we were all looking forward to celebrating St. Paddy's* together.

Obviously, we also enjoyed a few bottles together to get the night a rollin'!

[All three of these wines were AMAZING!!!! FYI]

*Is it Paddy's or Patty's??

We had a rez for 12, at Biaggi's Italian restaurant in the Gateway. They accommodated us very nicely by giving us our own room!

I guess word on the street got out that we are either loud and obnoxious, or that we are old and didn't want to deal with all the high school kids having a pre-prom dinner!

Thank you Biaggi's from the old people who didn't want to deal with all the high school kids having a pre-prom dinner!

[I know.....Italian food on an Irish holiday?

Hey!!! Have you seen many Irish restaurants in Utah????

NO, you haven't!

There is ONE and it is a pub!

The Irish specialize in beer, not food!

So there we go! We got Italian!]

The ~~gringos~~ green-go's mafia.

After a two hour dinner, we were ON LIKE DONKEY KONG GETTIN OUR JIG ON as we walked to the Depot for our Irish Night O' fun!

There were two opening bands before The Young Dubs hit the stage.

I can't remember the first one's name that is in this picture, but they KICKED SOME A!!!

[was this one Swagger?]

The gal with the frontal drum was fun to watch. She had these sticks with fuzzy purple pompom's on the end. She would beat that drum then twirl, twirl, twirl the sticks in her fingers above her head and then repeat. The bagpipes were beautiful. They played Amazing Grace and even some heavy metal!