Social life beginning again
Jul. 9th, 2007 09:47 amWith my newly healed ribs, I was finally up to being a jovial host.
While![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
billeylerreadied the house for visitors, I took off on a shopping trip to find food for our "Mediterranean Repast (without Riparian Entertainments)"*
Despite the fact that my favorite Mid East deli was closed (closed on a Sunday - I thought a Muslim owned store would close on Saturdays...) and despite the fact that my favorite Coop store (which used to have a nice selection of mid-east food) no longer stocks mid-east delicacies, we managed to assemble a very pleasant selection of foods - tabbouleh, falafel, hummus, dolmas to name just a few. Our interpretation of a mezza.
Our guests, the ever pleasant David and David, were charming company over dinner. We then retired to the media room to watch an English classic comedy - "Carry On Regardless". This was considered high camp and very baudy in the 60s. I think our guests were both amused and bemused by the choice. It also featured the only appearance in the Carry On series of Stanley Unwin, the inventor of the language gobbledygook. See and hear him baffling the crew of "Helping Hands" in the movie in this youtube clip.
Anyway, a lovely, relaxing evening!
* Confused by the reference? More English comedy - "Riparian Entertainments" is an episode of "Keeping Up Appearances".
While
billeylerreadied the house for visitors, I took off on a shopping trip to find food for our "Mediterranean Repast (without Riparian Entertainments)"* Despite the fact that my favorite Mid East deli was closed (closed on a Sunday - I thought a Muslim owned store would close on Saturdays...) and despite the fact that my favorite Coop store (which used to have a nice selection of mid-east food) no longer stocks mid-east delicacies, we managed to assemble a very pleasant selection of foods - tabbouleh, falafel, hummus, dolmas to name just a few. Our interpretation of a mezza.
Our guests, the ever pleasant David and David, were charming company over dinner. We then retired to the media room to watch an English classic comedy - "Carry On Regardless". This was considered high camp and very baudy in the 60s. I think our guests were both amused and bemused by the choice. It also featured the only appearance in the Carry On series of Stanley Unwin, the inventor of the language gobbledygook. See and hear him baffling the crew of "Helping Hands" in the movie in this youtube clip.
Anyway, a lovely, relaxing evening!
* Confused by the reference? More English comedy - "Riparian Entertainments" is an episode of "Keeping Up Appearances".
