Well, after asking lots of questions about prep for this party
(freezing lemon bars or not and light-coloured punches...) I figured
I'd report back the day after. To those who are interested...

The lemon bars froze just great! The lemon filling was even softer
when thawed, it seemed. I also had raspberry crumb bars and
millionaire shortbread.

Punches we Peach white wine sangria and apple sparkler non-
alcoholic. I also had bottles of Pellegrino for those who didn't want
anything sweet. No spill stains discovered yet!

Just for the record, here's what else I had: blue cheese spinach
tartlet, creamy crabbies (from this group!), pepperoni asiago
pinwheels, baked brie with carmelized onions in puff pastry, smoked
salmon platter,cheese board with grapes, tuscan white bean dip,
crudites and sour cream dip,

Whew! It went well, but I'm a little tired today.

Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to choose my refreshments.

Kris

On Feb 8, 9:46*am, Kris > wrote:
> Well, after asking lots of questions about prep for this party
> (freezing lemon bars or not and light-coloured punches...) I figured
> I'd report back the day after. To those who are interested...
>
> The lemon bars froze just great! The lemon filling was even softer
> when thawed, it seemed. *I also had raspberry crumb bars and
> millionaire shortbread.
>
> Punches we Peach white wine sangria and apple sparkler non-
> alcoholic. I also had bottles of Pellegrino for those who didn't want
> anything sweet. No spill stains discovered yet!
>
> Just for the record, here's what else I had: blue cheese spinach
> tartlet, creamy crabbies (from this group!), pepperoni asiago
> pinwheels, baked brie with carmelized onions in puff pastry, smoked
> salmon platter,cheese board with grapes, tuscan white bean dip,
> crudites and sour cream dip,
>
> Whew! It went well, but I'm a little tired today.
>
> Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to choose my refreshments.
>
> Kris

Hmm, guess my invitation got lost in the mail
Glad to hear your party was a success- it sounds like a great menu...

On Feb 8, 6:02*pm, merryb > wrote:
> On Feb 8, 9:46*am, Kris > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Well, after asking lots of questions about prep for this party
> > (freezing lemon bars or not and light-coloured punches...) I figured
> > I'd report back the day after. To those who are interested...
>
> > The lemon bars froze just great! The lemon filling was even softer
> > when thawed, it seemed. *I also had raspberry crumb bars and
> > millionaire shortbread.
>
> > Punches we Peach white wine sangria and apple sparkler non-
> > alcoholic. I also had bottles of Pellegrino for those who didn't want
> > anything sweet. No spill stains discovered yet!
>
> > Just for the record, here's what else I had: blue cheese spinach
> > tartlet, creamy crabbies (from this group!), pepperoni asiago
> > pinwheels, baked brie with carmelized onions in puff pastry, smoked
> > salmon platter,cheese board with grapes, tuscan white bean dip,
> > crudites and sour cream dip,
>
> > Whew! It went well, but I'm a little tired today.
>
> > Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to choose my refreshments.
>
> > Kris
>
> Hmm, guess my invitation got lost in the mail
> Glad to hear your party was a success- it sounds like a great menu...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris >
wrote:

>
>I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...

I grew up 60 miles from there.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Feb 8, 6:50*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...
>
> I grew up 60 miles from there.
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
> interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

Really? Where?

Kris wrote:
>
>
> I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...

My father in law lived in Holland MI when for a while when he was a kid.
From the stories he told I thought he had spent his entire childhood
there, but it turned out to have been only one year. But that was back
in about 1910.

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:10:44 -0800 (PST), Kris >
wrote:

>On Feb 8, 6:50*pm, sf > wrote:
>> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...
>>
>> I grew up 60 miles from there.
>>
>
>Really? Where?

In Allegan County. Pullman.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Feb 8, 8:45*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:10:44 -0800 (PST), Kris >
> wrote:
>
> >On Feb 8, 6:50*pm, sf > wrote:
> >> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris >
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...
>
> >> I grew up 60 miles from there.
>
> >Really? Where?
>
> In Allegan County. *Pullman.
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
> interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

Not far! The next time you're visiting childhood friends and I buy
another house, we'll try this housewarming thing again.

lots of houses getting very warm in australia right now!

On Feb 8, 3:34*pm, Kris > wrote:
> On Feb 8, 6:02*pm, merryb > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 8, 9:46*am, Kris > wrote:
>
> > > Well, after asking lots of questions about prep for this party
> > > (freezing lemon bars or not and light-coloured punches...) I figured
> > > I'd report back the day after. To those who are interested...
>
> > > The lemon bars froze just great! The lemon filling was even softer
> > > when thawed, it seemed. *I also had raspberry crumb bars and
> > > millionaire shortbread.
>
> > > Punches we Peach white wine sangria and apple sparkler non-
> > > alcoholic. I also had bottles of Pellegrino for those who didn't want
> > > anything sweet. No spill stains discovered yet!
>
> > > Just for the record, here's what else I had: blue cheese spinach
> > > tartlet, creamy crabbies (from this group!), pepperoni asiago
> > > pinwheels, baked brie with carmelized onions in puff pastry, smoked
> > > salmon platter,cheese board with grapes, tuscan white bean dip,
> > > crudites and sour cream dip,
>
> > > Whew! It went well, but I'm a little tired today.
>
> > > Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to choose my refreshments.
>
> > > Kris
>
> > Hmm, guess my invitation got lost in the mail
> > Glad to hear your party was a success- it sounds like a great menu...- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI... - Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I'm in the Seattle area, so it would have been a long trip...