My Family came to America in the month of May (see previous) so I thought I would post a few memories of that journey...

As for May 2012, we celebrated Mother's Day last Sunday with a nice brunch at Balboa Pavilion.

It's going to be a beautiful warm weekend so I think I will hose down the patio furniture, warm up the spa and throw something good on the grill. Haven't decided what yet.  So Cal weather is pretty great most of the time but I love the warm days and cool nights and no bugs to speak of. We are so spoiled here...  

So next month we are hosting our first ever "Throw Down Party" (Bobby Flay Style) The subject of the first ever throw down will be "Eggplant Parmigiana" and I can't wait. The responses have been hilarious.  At least four people are planning to enter a dish as they are pretty sure theirs is the best. Several have volunteered to judge, and one (my sister-in-law Jamie) declared she will come ONLY if she does NOT have to eat eggplant. No problem! we'll fire up the pizza oven too.  No one has ever starved at our house. We are going to film the throw down for the blog so stay tuned!