Twisp of Fate

This has been a sociable weekend.  On Friday our friend and neighbor, Lynette Westendorf, celebrated her 60th birthday at Tappi restaurant in Twisp by having musician friends from the valley and from Seattle join her for a night of dinner and music.

Lynette's 60th at Tappi

Lynette is an Emmy award winning composer and pianist, the link to her website is above.

Saturday evening brought the progressive dinner that is a tradition in our new community (Wolf Creek Views).  Last August at the community association meeting I volunteered to organize it this year, and to host the main course at our house.  I thought it would be a good way to meet all the neighbors and for them to see our new home.  It’s a potluck, so once I figured out who could make it, I just had to assign who was going to bring what to each home.

We started with appetizers at one home (also new to the community, they just built last year), then progressed to our house.  We set the food out in the kitchen, but managed to seat everyone – all 27 of us!

12 around the large walnut drawleaf table in our dining area:

8 around the smaller oak drawleaf table that we brought down from my studio and set up in the entryway:

4 at the bar between the dining room and kitchen:

And 3 of us around the coffee table in the living room.  Worked great.

Then we progressed to a third house for coffee and desserts.  What fun!