Grilling Kalbi Ribs , Roscoe Village, Chicago

Tommy loves to perform , Roscoe Village, Chicago

Mitch & Chris setting up ladder golf , Roscoe Village, Chicago

Uncle B.B., Ali, Caroline, Danny, Dallas, George, Jordan

Auntie Gail, Auntie Laura, Heather

Cory & Chris , Roscoe Village, Chicago

Roscoe Village, Chicago

Kathy & Jordan , Roscoe Village, Chicago

Mitch , Roscoe Village, Chicago

Too much party for Jeff , Roscoe Village, Chicago

On Sunday we hosted a barbecue. All of Dallas’ family came over. I made a lettuce salad (with green onions, mandarin oranges, toasted almonds, water chestnut, and crunch chow mien noodles) and a pasta salad (with tomatoes, corn, Parmesan and a vinaigrette). Dallas’ mom and aunt had been marinating kalbi ribs and Dallas grilled them. Dallas’ mom also made stir fried green beans and Dallas’ brother Jordan made some chili.

The weather cooperated with us and we spent most of our time outside on our deck and our shared common area, although there was a bout of Rock Band that went on for a while up in our apartment. Most people left in the late afternoon or evening. Those are the same people that missed Danny going home to walk his dog and coming back with the big huge bottle of sake he got for his birthday. We chilled it down and drank what I thought was a lot of sake, but there’s still a half bottle we’re keeping cold in the fridge for this weekend.

Also, I should note that Dallas and I are officially old. We had two coolers and a fridge and they were all filled with premium beers. No Bud, no Miller, no Coors. I take that back, there was one case of Miller, but it didn’t even make it into the cooler until the party was about 7 hours in. So, we are old. 5 years ago, hell, last year, at least one of the coolers would have been all crappy beer. Ancient, I tell you!