No photos but just memories to remember. For me, that is. Too busy to take pics, but I will ask my children if any of them bothered to take photos of the happy celebration our family had yesterday, July 4th. If any of them did, I will post the photos soon.
My day started when I was awakened after hearing a commotion outside my bedroom, noises coming from heavy footsteps walking in the living room, past the kitchen and out the back door, followed by small scurrying footsteps of a small creature, which I figured was coming from our small chihuahua dog, Marley.
I still wanted to just lay snuggled on my bed, but the thought of all the stores packed with shoppers and maybe the shelves running out of the fresh ingredients I needed to make dinner for July 4th, was enough to make me jump out of bed.
It turned out, the commotion I heard earlier, was Bernard getting ready to leave for his hunting trip with his friends at his best friend Nick's private hunting ground in Fairfield, California. He was dragging his equipments and had them all ready by the door.
We had a brief talk and he requested that I prepare Korean Barbecue Ribs (Kalbi) for dinner. Christina, on the other hand wanted to make pizza without meat. Julie, her best friend, does not eat meat and cheese pizza would be perfect. This time, she and Julie will watch me make the dough so they could learn how to make a pizza.
Off to the the stores we went (with Christina). First, at Ranch 99, an asian store that carries all prime and quality asian meat, fish, and other rare asian ingredients, and then to Lunardi's to get some prosciutto de parma, headcheese from Germany and Italy, and some good quality butter.
Our dinner was a combination of asian and european food. For appetizers, we had the onion foccacia with the prosciutto and the headcheese. Bernard and Ann prepared the marinade and took care of the barbecuing of the korean barbecue, with a side dish of grilled asparagus drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.
Christina and Julie made some onion dip for their chips. They had Smirnoff Ice with different flavors, for their drink. It is a very light drink, which to me is like drinking juice. Julie contrinbuted the fireworks. She was worried that I might not approve of her bringing it. I was emphatic earlier in the day that we will not be having fireworks because of recession.
While I was busy in the kitchen making the pizza, they were all outside and enjoying the night and just having fun. My friend Lily W. was over and we were busy catching up on things and eating at the same time.
The night ended early at around 9:30PM. Julie and Christina stayed up to maybe 1:00 AM watching scary movies.
Check out the two videos I posted this morning which Ann took last night while they were lighting the fireworks. The food was not the focal point here. I didn't have time to take shots. But, I too, had a lot of fun.
...and I'm not ready. The cold is settling in, an indication of the weather's transition to its' next cycle. The leaves are now turning red and gold, and will soon fall. It's autumn..
