The Last Days of the Decade
Published in Widowism by chefswidowWhat a whirlwind the holidays were. The week started off with Festivus, our 5th and BEST one ever. The night started off with our dear friend Erich giving us the best Festivus gift ever. Wanna see?
Painting by Melissa Oberdoester
The night then blossomed with a mass gathering of 80′s hair band rockers. It was rad. I will say this and the Chef agrees, this Festivus was by far the most entertaining and fun of all the past parties. Good times. Can’t wait till next years.
Axl Rose & His 'Lady Friend'
Axl & Slash Together Forever
Following Festivus was our Christmas eve celebration with our parents, first my dad’s for brunch and then onto the Chef’s parents house for dinner. Because of my early departure from Festivus ( I went to bed at midnight) I felt great all day and was more than happy to have some family time. The entire day was superb. Being around our families was really what the both of us needed. And watching the mini’s have so much fun and exude so mch love really made the day so special.
The Boy & Biggie Smalls take Christmas seriously
The Boy & Biggie preparing for their Safari trip
Christmas day was our first ever spent at home. Usually the kids open their presents and we have to hop from family to family. Not this year. We opened our presents , layed around, and watched Christmas Story. After about 8 hours of this awesome quality time we headed over to Symon’s to snag some dinner. He made a mad spread that pretty much blows all Christmas dinners out of the water. In the middle of this amazing dinner their dogs got skunked. Totally awful but totally national lampoony.
The Chef helps The Iron Chef with his bountiful Christmas spread
The holidays reminded me how lucky I am to have such a brilliant family and so many amazing good friends. This week I am going to celebrate the last days of the decade with them. Each day this week I will be reposting a favorite of mine from ’09. Fine in ’09 if you will. I hope you enjoy.
May the last few days of 2009 remind you that we have a gorgeous future ahead of us in 2010!
Happy New Year bitches.
CW,
I was glad to have been invited and to attend the Festivus party. It was awesome. It was priceless to see Symon in his get up and then debate of hair bands with Michelle V. I also was very happy to have met Alexa of Cleveland’s a Plum. Great fun all around.
Thanks so much and Happy New Year!
it may be the whiskey talking but this got me sort of teary and made me want to hug someone.
one thing I’m happy about 09 is finding places like this blog.
Mark
we are so glad you made it!
ClePoet
Awe shucks. Thanks love!
Festivus was for the best of us. Thanks much for the invite. I still need to get you the photos.
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