I don’t generally post much about Brown dinners (aka our alum potlucks) but we hosted on Friday (theme: garnishes) and it was a fun night full of firsts to accompany the normal fun. We made drinks (streetcars and strawberry-basil martinis) and a cheese tray, and everyone else brought borsht, salad, awesome grilled steak, and pretty gorgeous cupcakes.
Here’s everyone prepping in the kitchen…
… and then munching in the kitchen…
And eating (or laughing):
And then we decided to light the fireplace! At first tentatively…
.. and then rambunctiously (photo taken from the fishroom, which shares the gas fireplace with the livingroom).