on saturday afternoon i went to a duke game, which is a VERY exciting event in and of itself. even better? we scored free tickets in the first row, center court. now, we'd bought tickets already (which we then gave away so as to keep the karma gods happy), so these were not really free tickets, but they were incredible seats. with four friends. and duke won in a nailbiter. all of this leads to a happy claire.
in this photo that i took of a tv screen (embarrassing, but true), you can see us - upper right hand corner! put on your glasses! i'm above the "e" in "applebees," behind the woman in the ref's shirt (she's the official scorer). thomas, mike, and andy are to my left.
after the game we met up with three other friends for a late lunch, and while there we realized that no one had plans for the evening. a plan was hatched to make dinner - free pasta (thomas and lindsey learned how to make this a couple years ago)
+ made-from-scratch sauce (kelly is a pro and made a meat sauce and a veggie sauce - love her!)
+ fresh ricotta (yours truly with kelly as my assistant)
= ravioli!
lindsey made two salads (one for the girls, with delicious things in it, and one for the boys with...cheese on it).
joey and his dad bottle wine, so we had "homemade" wine (or, as mike coined it, "homo-made" - which i hope offends no one, as it did not offend the gay man - we're the kind of friend group that can say this with total love and humor).
kelly did double duty and made tiramisu, as well!! (kelly - i need this recipe!)
mike promised to clean up afterwards, which he did, and other claire brought beer.
it was honestly the best night ever in a long list of best nights ever. i have an amazing group of friends, and we laughed our way through the preparation of this feast. how the food tasted at the end almost didn't matter (though for the record it was delicious). signs that you're getting old: this is more fun than going out to a bar. eek. i can't believe i just said that.
today is the one year anniversary of being snowed in together (you may remember my live-blogging of the occasion). i'm reminded day after day, year after year of how truly lucky i am. have i found myself a hot/kind/funny/special man yet? no i have not. but i have found myself some best friends for life. and i'm doing pretty well.
Love it! I didn't know you could make your own cheese at home! And seriously, how are you getting those duke tickets?? My Dad would die a happy man. Haha. Oh and p.s. NONE of your students know who Joni Mitchell is???!!! What?
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