This is why I love where I live.

My grandmother, and the pescado en salsa. Amazing...

The whole sleugh of cousins, my brother, and I.

This is real Chinese Food...

Yeah.. she's actually wearing gold leggings. People these days..

Yup. It was awesome.

Mmmm.. real taquitos in Mountain View, right before Kelly Clarkson. The way real Mexican fare should be served: cheap, fast, intensely savory, and unfortunately slopped onto a plate.

Fresh fruit from the Cross St. Market.

Amazing still it seems,
I'll be 23.
I won't always love what I'll never have;
I won't always live in my regrets.

using the cross light at the den, from the beds :)

a looming sort of comfort..

the colors of apex

more mt. vernon at night. cross light effect is pretty coool!

jealous? they were so good, and so were the cheese fries! lovely way to end a horrible race in philly.

mt. vernon by night.. super coool!

guac and red corn tortilla chips, yum

Success!

It was great! We however, made a small modification to the menu. Added bruschetta appetizers with grilled italian bread, mozarella, basil, and a cherry tomato topping. Rachel made a dried fruit couscous that went well with everything. Emily brought an awesome avocado, mango, black bean salad. For dessert, we had fruit skewers, grilled, and topped with cream. And grilled, halved bananas. And Rachel's blueberry-peach cobbler as well.

Things to remember for next time, bring more charcoal if you plan on grilling for 5 hours straight, and the corn takes freakin' forever! Otherwise, it was one of the easiest things ever, just a lot of prep work that was totally worth it in the end. Rachel and Jeremiah were there with me from the way beginning, and so were Emily and Pete. Helena and her friend Ellen stopped by for a good while, Nana came by with some quick entertainment from Morty, and finally Becca showed up with the hebrew nationals :)

Then, went to the harbor to see fireworks... who knew that the barge closer to the inner harbor would only have fireworks every 5 minutes?

mr. del monte

sometimes... dinner just isn't that complicated...