Challah, menorah
Fresh homemade (well, bread-maker made) dairy-free challah and my new Mexican tin menorah from La Serena
Crudités and a stuffed lizard
The hummus is fresh from Sahadi's on Atlantic Ave. Yum!
More crudités
This time on one of my homemade plywood ottomans.
Banana walnut bread!
Homemade dairy-free banana walnut bread and various breads, crackers and spreads. The baba ghanouj (sp?) is from Sahadi's. The spicy yogurt/cucumber/garlic/dill dip on the far right I made to go with latkes.
Walnuts!
Vegan dessert delights
Crustless pumpkin pies (pumpkin, silken tofu, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, sugar, etc). Vegan chocolate rum cake garnished with tangerines and completely drenched in rum. Baked apples stuffed with almond butter, raisins, and apple syrup. On Thomas Paul platters from Velocity.
Setting up
Masheka tests his party music mix
The first guests arrive
Check out my super-quick homemade paper banner things--made from leftover tissue paper and kitchen twine, with help from a gluestick and scissors.
Latke ladies
Mikhaela, Márta and Ryanne making spicy sweet potato and regular latkes.
Latkes!
With cucumber garlic dill yogurt dip and applesauce.
Latke lineup
More latke goodness
More guests arrive...
Couch, art, guests, food
Sparkly
My sewing dress form and Basquiat get in on the holiday sparkle action
Mikhaela cuts the rum cake
Márta, Tara
Ryanne, Márta, wide-eyed
Vishal gets the good news
Rum rum cake cake
Marcus, Carissa, me, Masheka
Márta, Lori, Nicole
Red rum punch
Made by Masheka
Rum cake, again
Ladies, rum punch
The Reid girls
Amy and Katya
Decimation of the desserts
Matt and Mary-Clancey
Masheka, Mike, Dan
Trina, Barlow, Marcus
Nicole, Lori
Jason and Mary
In Christmas colors
Mikhaela and Matt
Totally not drunk.
Masheka and Mikhaela
You can tell we are a couple by our diagonal striped uniform.
Party clothes
Sheke and me
More Sheke and me
Maggie and Mike
Dan, Craig, Trina
Amanda, Lorraine, Sheke
Chad and Matt...
... and a truckload of booze.
Riley had to sit this one out, poor guy
But he would have bitten the guests
Chad, Shirley, cake
Carissa and Trina
Champagne!
Horrors!
MC and ascot
Which, incidentally, matched the chair she was sitting on
Barlow and Sheke
Jon and MC
The plaid brigade
Almost gone
Dancing with my eyes shut
MC and the crudités
Matt and MC
MC and lights
My dress
Diane von Furstenberg via Century 21, baby
Flashed
Me.
Trina, Chad, Dan
Cheers!
Jon and Shirley
Márta and George
Craig and Barlow
Laleña and me
Márta and Sheke
Oh those crazy ivy leaguers
Surveying the party
Shirley reading Good News
Chair for two
Boozin'
Let the dancing begin
Masheka unchained
And all he needed was a little rum punch
Dan demonstrates "The Sandwich"
Chad, MC, Matt
Me and Sheke
No idea what is going on here
Me and MC
Ladies in red
MC and Mikhaela
MC has faith