Having Friends Over

As far as I can remember, my parents always enjoyed inviting friends over for a sumptuous lunch or elegant dinner. Now that I'm married (and to a great cook, too), we have continued this tradition by inviting our friends over, usually for a barbeque feast prepared by Bill.


When Bill prepares his famous Kentucky Barbeque, I am usually tasked to make the sides. Usually I fix garlic fried rice, sauteed brussel sprouts (when I can find them), some sort of salad greens, potato salad, fries, grilled hotdogs, etc. For drinks, I serve the usual Coke, Cider (which is actually a korean version of 7-up) and homemade ice tea.


Here are some of the guest that we have had over the years... our good friends Dan and Angela.


Filipinas married to koreans who I've met here. Most of them are based in the Muguek area of Korea. I regularly meet up with them usually during the holidays and this year (2008) we've hosted the New Year's Party at our house.


My best friend, Catherine Kim. She's a poultry vet and one of the nicest I've ever met.

Sometimes we have Bill's kids (the ones he teaches at his school) over for lunch. See how they eat spaghetti with chopsticks? Hey, it's kinda neat, I do it too.


When Jai was still here, he would invite his best friends over for lunch and spend the whole day playing computer games in our house.


And last night, we had Bill's co-teachers over for a barbeque dinner. That's Julia on the farthest right, me and Bill and Cindy. It was Julia's first time over to our house while Cindy has been over several times now. In my next post, I'll detail the dinner that we had.