Dinner At United Nations
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December 9th, 2008
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We like to have people over for dinner and our crowd resembles United Nations. There's always a cool mix of people from all over the world. We discovered the pleasure of having people over while living in New York and found no reason to stop after having children. Children are almost always present but this weekend we and 6 other couples left our kids with babysitters and did something really cool. We hired three chefs to come and cook for us in a great kitchen. Mix strong Cosmopolitans with good food and a bunch of crazy Latins and you've got yourself some fun.
Conversations are all over the place when so many nationalities are present but as most parents we usually end of discussing sex:-)) At our latest dinner we had Sweden, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Chile present.Funny thing is that Swedes are always the minority at our events despite us living in Sweden.
At this party I learned that Fernando is banned from cooking after always making a mess, that Chile is the best functioning Latin country, that people really LOVE iPhone (myself included), that me and any infant still get along great, that cutting grass with a snowblower doesn't work well, and that talking about sex still bring the most laughs from us sex starved parents.
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What a great event! Next week, a bunch of us are leaving our kids and husbands on a weeknight to go out for a much needed Girls Only Dinner. Are we going to party hard? No. We’ll be done probably by 8:00pm if not 8:30 at the latest, haha. But I’m sure we’ll have interesting conversations as well.
You mention that Swedes are always the minority at your events–how long have you lived in Sweden? I ask because, if you’ve been there a long time, you’re probably no longer considered a foreigner. And you know how fascinated we are with foreigners!
It sounds like you all had a wonderful time! I’ll bet those chefs still couldn’t beat your wife’s guacamole. :)