the end of november and the beginning of december brought 2 wonderful birthday celebrations!
M had a "super sweet twenty-sixteen" chocolate-themed party at our apartment prepared by her boyfriend, D. we had chocolate EVERYTHING (chile con carne, veggie chili, pasta, martinis, soup, desserts) and a visit from some friendly neighbors...
me and the birthday lady!
thennnnnnn beautiful roommate birthday number 2 came with V turning 24 on december 2nd! V's birthday theme was "teach me something" so we had a few friends over for dinner, but only if they were bringing supplies and instructions for making something.
K brought the fixins and la ricetta for penne al fumo
S brought the decorations
To the left you'll see my vin brule' contribution which was a little everyone-learn-as-we-go but turned out deliciously as well as the sugo al fumo a bit farther along (to the right)
far left, a baked brie
roomies and friends
and the best surprise ever!
feliz feliz in tu dia..... lizzy and i taught ourselves the puerto rican bday song that Ver has been singing on everyone else's birthday!
with our lovely birthday lady.
we've stretched out V's birthday theme and have been learning all sorts of things this month. later that weekend, V learned from lizzy how to make bread. Then! we made almond butter (see below) and that was delicious.
THEN! to top of the "teach me something" month, i went to a student's house last night and learned (from his mom) how to make pizza from scratch!! thorough recap to come.
x!
ps: only a week until i fly home for christmas, i cannot believe that it is approaching so quickly!!!! we have our winter show at school tomorrow, the craft fair is going on, we have secret santas and christmas parties to plan for and oh yeah, i have to pack sometime?! phew.
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