Fathers' Day

Iced pound cake with chocolate chips.

Brownie cake.

Dessert: strawberries.

Salad: romaine lettuce, black olives, yellow peppers, red onions, bleu cheese, mushrooms, and Italian dressing.

Italian bread.

BBQed spicy sausages.

Marinated portabello mushrooms.

Had a BBQ at the beach with the fam and the Bolfs.

Schillers with Allie, Alex, and Tibby.

I had the charred octopus salad.

We had a lot of wine. Tibby ate sliders.

5 Napkin Burger with the Fam

I had a veggie burger over a salad with cucumber, bleu cheese, radishes, green beans, mixed greens, beets, onions, and 5 Napkin sauce.

Mom and Dad both got a bacon cheese burger.

Gina's parmesan chicken sandwich.

Cameo Gallery

Tater tots and a bacon and cheese burger with caramelized onions, medium rare.

Memorial Weekend - BBQ with the Kerrs

Helen's delicious butter cake with vanilla icing topped with walnuts and caramel filling.

Brownie cake.

The finished meats.

Mom's homemade pesto from the garden with penne.

Yellow and white corn.

Salad: romaine, yellow peppers, red onion, asiago cheese, and Italian dressing.

The famed sausages of Ocean avenue grilling amongst some BBQ chicken.

Dad manning the grill.

Cheese and wheat thins.

Mixed salted nuts.

We have at least 2 annual BBQs with the Kerrs: one on memorial day weekend and one on the weekend of (or before/after) the 4th. This past May, we had the Kerrs, plus the Pascoes, EB, and Lucy, minus Gina (who was in Colombia) and Jocko (who was still in Kansas).

Memorial Day Weekend - The Ark

My blackened tilapia with garlic mash.

Lucy with her soft shell crabs.

Mom's soft shell crabs with french fries.

Dad's fried oysters.

Mom's shrimp scampi.

Nachos grandes for the table.

My house salad with balsamic vinaigrette.

Dad's Birthday Dinner at Paris Match

Profiteroles for Dad.

My arugula, parmesan, honey, and brie flat pizza.

Maddie and her steak frites.

Maura's spicy chorizo, arugula, and parmesan flat pizza.

My starter: beef carpaccio with parmesan cheese and arugula.

Madison's caesar salad.

Dad's oysters.

For Dad's birthday, he, mom and I went out to Paris Match with Maddie, Danny, and Maura Fitzgerald and Billy and Diane Venezia.

Taqueria with Sam

My chipotle chicken soft tacos.

Sam's fried crab balls.

We shared some guacamole as a starter.

As a belated birthday celebration for Sam, she and I went to Taqueria for some margaritas and Mexican food.

The Rapture: Shannon's Last Day in NYC

Late night Grand Morelos. I have realized that I don't think I have ever been to Grand Morelos before 3am (or after 5am for that matter).

Dinner at Pies n' Thighs: The Chick'n box with a side of mac n' cheese and a biscuit.

We picnicked in the park for lunch. Shannon picked me up The Godfather from Graham Ave Meats Deli (RIP).