{"id":620,"date":"2007-02-25T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2022-08-23T23:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:05:32","slug":"marks_40th_wine_and_snacky_foo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/marks_40th_wine_and_snacky_foo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark’s 40th, wine and snacky food"},"content":{"rendered":"

In event planning, the devil’s in the details. Such as it was with my friend’s 40th Birthday Party. Mark’s not one to do things on a small scale. And his party (planned by his wife, Angie) was planned very well. How?
\nFirst, there was a pre-party.<\/p>\n

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Kinda like kissing the ring, except these are balls!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A glass of red and Cars on the Blu-Ray player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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First taste! Mmmmmm.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two guys and a lotta gals!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About 20 of use met at his house and proceeded to down 9 bottles of wine in three hours along with hoity-toity snacks to go with the wine including:
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\nTotino’s Pizza Rolls
\nJalapeno Cheese Poppers
\nMeatballs
\nBlondies (the evil version of brownies)
\nSpicy sausage wrapped in bacon
\nMashed potatoes (?)
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\nPerfect snacks to complement a 2001 Whitehall Lane…<\/p>\n

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Freshly killed mashed potatoes…<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, we all carpooled (except for the birthday couple and 10 select guests) to dinner in Palo Alto where we proceeded to be loud, silly and downing 11 more bottles of wine which was brought from the house.<\/p>\n

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Getting in the party van!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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As the evening went on, the crowd got sillier.<\/p>\n

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This be the G-rated version!! WAHAHAH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even the birthday “cake” wasn’t free of silliness!<\/p>\n

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Looks like they’re fighting over who gets to eat it first…<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She won that contest…<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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That’s a lotta empties…<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After dinner, we continued our festivities at Blue Chalk<\/a> and then ended with a nightcap back at the house. That was fine, until the karaoke was fired up. I endured k-tv until 0330 when I declared it was time to leave. And that’s why I got home at 0430 this AM!<\/p>\n

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This was Coy at 0330. Crashed and burned<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In event planning, the devil’s in the details. Such as it was with my friend’s 40th Birthday Party. Mark’s not one to do things on a small scale. And his party (planned by his wife, Angie) was planned very well. How? First, there was a pre-party. About 20 of use met at his house and … <\/p>\n

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