Pour Moi?

The neighbors hosted a party at which I was the guest of honor for being such a fabulous neighbor and entertainer. Joe's phrase "Throw out a fish head to catch a salmon," rang in my ears because it was a fabulous party and we had salmon. Nicole started us with a delicious and deadly punch: vodka, cranberry and orange juice and soda water-big tumblers. Then she and Andre served delicious canape's. After it had cooled on this warm day we had dinner: grilled salmon steaks, saffron rice and asparagus with parmesan cheese prepared by them all. A nice white wine furthered the felicity and before we knew it we were having a hootenany and dancing. Rene', well-oiled, told a hilarious story about his early army days as a kitchen worker. It did go on and on so every so often Andre would call an intermission and everybody would drink. The La Tours provided dessert -cake and ice cream, well after dark. It was a great party and a blast. Lot's of witty talk and kind artistic souls. Some pretty fair voices.

Nicole and Andre have quite the life: July through October on their 31 foot sailboat on Lake Champlain: then to the chalet on the ski slope before going south to Florida, then home to the Chalet in April.



Everybody was very chipper this morning-most have gone to the beach. I have been here under the air with the hounds. Andre stopped by and we had a great visit- he is so well read and has 80 years of stories. While it was still cool, I took Honey on a bike run and she did pretty well. Blowing off the steam makes her much calmer. She chased a coon last night-I had the fridge taped but then I remembered I'd left some rice and stuffing in a bag outside and she broke free. She did not bark. I was out looking for her and met an Annie Lennox look-alike walking her dog. Honey came bounding up to scare the poor pup and the lady and I talked for a few minutes. Her dog is named after a vampire. I heard my mother calling me and went home with Honey.