Master Chef 3

I'm excited to say we hosted our first real dinner party this weekend! We had 11 people over for “Master Chef 3.” The theme was Thai food and each couple brought a course for the challenge. It was great fun - yummy food, lots of wine, Thai-tinis (ask me for the recipe sometime!) and a few rousing games of Celebrity (unfortunately the guys won!!). How wonderful that we finally have our stuff so we have the provisions to host that many people! Let alone a table big enough to fit all of them. I was in heaven. :) The people in the picture starting on the left and going clockwise: Jaclyn (“Jacs”), Dirk (“Dupree”), Amanda, Pete, Janine, me, Niels, Gretchen, Kyle, and Sam. David is (conveniently) taking the picture. Every one of us is an American/ex-pat with the exception of Amanda and Sam!

David found his own heaven on Sunday when we finally went for a dive with our own gear! There were 5 of us who went down to Shelley Beach, just a stone’s throw away from our house. We saw a shark in the process of giving birth (!!) a few woebegones, and some large blue grouper (or maybe they were some kind of wrasse?). It was a little chilly but nice to be back in the water. David was beside himself to have such a lovely day. I’ve come to learn that David and I both truly love hosting - I prefer it above water and David prefers it below ;)

~LAA