My first real party!!

After all the money, time and energy spent on my house renovation, I finally hosted a decent party. I spent days cleaning and vacuuming. I had over 45 people attending. It was a blast!!! Originally, my friend Kerry was going to be my barytender tonight...but he blew me off because of a tennis tournament in Fremont!!! I just had an open bar for people to mix their own drinks. I had plenty of white & red wine, vodka, gin, etc.


The Open Bar...People doing it for themselves!!!

For appetizer, I steamed some Shanghai Dumplings, Xiaolongbao (小籠包). My friends Dat and Adam hovered around this dish....they just kept eating and eating. Apparently, they thought this was my main dish. But most of my main dishes was being catered from a local Chinese Restaurants, namely one of my favorites: Spices (294-8th Avenue).


The folks (Danny and Donnie) who hover around the food...

What I have learned is that guests will tend to gather where the food is served. There weren't that many people mingling downstairs until later in the night. All-in-all, it was a success...and I got a lot of compliments on the renovation!!! I am looking forward to my next party...probably some time in the summer with an outdoor BBQ (when my backyard is more presentable).


Cookie is tired after everybody succombed to her cuteness and fed her....