I’m lying when I say goodbye to summer, because it’s 100
degrees in San Diego today… seriously?
It’s got to be a record…. but in true Southern California fashion, we
pretended to transition from one season to the next with a final summer girls
night.
My mom and I pretended to include my sister on the planning –
because it actually doubled as a surprise birthday party for her! All the ladies brought a bottle of wine
for my sister, Elis, and wrote a little note to her. At the end of the evening we surprised Elis with a birthday
cake and a giant bucket full of wine bottles with bright, sweet notes. Of course, that is the one thing that I
don’t have a picture of… but worry not, I managed to catch most of the food on camera– you can see where my mind
was at.
We decorated with summer brights – full lemons in glass vases
and lemon leaves as our tablescape… Pink Hydrangeas and colorful yellow and
pink polka-dot napkins all around… all very girly, summery and spunky.
A fun addition to this party was our specialty cocktail – it
was a light and breezy blend of basil, lime, vodka and soda… it was simple and
delish. We also managed to sneak
some champagne in there too… it was a birthday celebration, after all!
The best part of the evening was the company – women who have
been friends with my mom for 20 + years, who have been “other mothers” to me,
and friends of my sister and mine, all in similar stages of life as us. It was a wonderful mix of generations,
and it was really lovely to see everyone interact and genuinely have a good
time together, disregarding age or place in life.
So rather than say goodbye to summer, we all just hung out and
enjoyed being together… but isn’t that what it’s all about anyways?
xxx
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