Merilyn, Candy & Susan

Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival) Party

The reasons I held this party:
1, I miss Taiwan. It's a very important traditional holiday for Chinese family reunion.
2, I hope people know more about Chinese culture. http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/moon_e/moon.htm

What to do in the party?
吃 - Eat homemade Chinese food and mooncakes
喝 - Drink Chinese tea and Tsingtao beer
玩 - Play Mahjong game
乐 - Listen to Er-Hu, read the interesting stories of moon festival and watch Chinese movie “To Live”

It was a successful party and a total of 24 people were here. I was like the iron chef and made 9 dishes in a couple hours. I did enjoy cooking and challenged myself. The happiest thing was everyone had a full stomach in the party. Ralph was the best helper to entertain all the guests. Oops! We were too busy eating and forgot to take photos of the food and all the people.
..... Candy

Alice, Matt, Jan & Bob

Candy, Lana & Larry

Laurie, Lynda, Sharon & Candy

Matthew, Ralph, Candy, Rebecca & Kevin

Activity 1 -- watching Chinese movie " To Live"

Activity 2 -- playing Mahjong

Ralph was the Mahjong instructor.

A trip to Aspen

It's a long but fun drive to Aspen. We didn't take any photos in Aspen. We were having too much fun. These three photos were taken in mountains. Aspen is a beautiful place and wealthy town. We saw 3 porsches in 5 minutes when we arrived there. Ralph said " The Z4 feels like at home in Aspen." Anyway, we sat outdoors and enjoyed a wonderful seafood lunch in a fancy restaurant.