Life lately has looked a little like Ruff Ruffman on the left there.
In between the preparations for Passover, Easter and my Mom's 60th...uh... 25th Birthday Party, this organizer has been busy!
Suffice it to say, Passover was wonderful. We had about 20 people sitting down to a true Sephardi dinner: Hummos, Moroccan Beef Stew and Chicken Cous Cous among other things! Yum! Oh, and we drank a little booze there. But ya just gotta love a holiday that actually demands you drink at least 4 glasses of wine! ( That's a bottle a person, folks!)
Easter followed close behind ( for obvious reasons... Last Supper and all) and was amazing. Yes, the Easter Bunny visited the wee monster and left all sorts of yummy chocolate treats all over the house. ( Someone wanna explain to this Jew how this ties in with Jesus' resurrection? Oh well.)
Then Mom's B-day party was a blast! Instead of the traditional B-day cake, she had a croque-en-bouche beautifully designed by the guys at our local bakery and scrumptious to boot. We have this fantastic French Patisserie around the corner called Pain Perdu ( French Toast) and oh! what wonderful things Christophe can do with sugar. He and his brother Yannick deserve all the success that will surely come their way. ( If you ever find yourself in Toronto... they're on St. Clair near Christie... trust me... it's worth the visit.)
I also got to check in with a couple of artists that my Mom and Dad have known for years. Ton and Rhea Harting. Ton was an engineer, long ago, but has since become a fantastic photographer specializing in black and white imagery. He's hoping to release a book ( that I've had the privilege to view in advance) of photos from the 50's taken while he was travelling in Europe as a student. Keep your eyes out for his published works... he's incredibly talented. Rhea is a textile artist extra-ordinaire... on a par with Kaffe Fasset, I would say. She spins her own yarns, weaves and knits... beautiful colours, beautiful linens and embroidery. She blows my mind!
Great to connect with such interesting and affable people again.
So, here we are. Hale, hearty and waiting for the next big function.
Yup.
What's next?
I'm ready... go on.
Hit me.
