Ngoc's grand ol' job change party was last night, and we ended up performing a truly sold out show. There were even a few times when I was scared that we'd exceed the weight limit threshold of our second story apartment's living room. We had a great time, and tried our hand at putting together a truly authentic spread of pan-European appetizers (well, except for the deviled eggs!).




These babies were a simple crostini w/ chopped black olives, cherry tomatoes (nothing else in season, really), and fresh garlic...topped with a strip of marbled domestic prosciutto.


We lined up this platter of olives and salumi, including prosciutto, molinai italian salame, and sopressata salame.

Also worth noting, had good success with posing the notion of a recurring poker game with good friends in the near future. Not sure why I'm so stuck on the idea of Hold'em lately, maybe it's post-Tet syndrome, but I am very motivated to get a small-stakes game up and running maybe bi-monthly.