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.
The latke line
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
Red rum punch
Made by Masheka
Decimation of the desserts
Masheka, Mike, Dan
Masheka and Mikhaela
You can tell we are a couple by our diagonal striped uniform.
Party clothes
Maggie and Mike
Dan, Craig, Trina
Riley had to sit this one out, poor guy
But he would have bitten the guests
Carissa and Trina
Horrors!
My dress
Diane von Furstenberg via Century 21, baby
Me.
Trina, Chad, Dan
Jon and Shirley
Márta and George