Ruth has a party!!!

April 22nd....It's Earth Day and Ruth wanted to have a party!!! Once a year each woman in her group has a get together at their respective home. This month was Ruth's turn. It was also an opportunity to celebrate two birthdays, Lenni's and Ruth's.

She decided to have a tropical themed evening starting off with Ginger martinis.

Here is Ruth in the kitchen getting everything ready. Doesn't she look calm, cool and collected. But inside is a woman that has been preparing for three days. Nothing will go wrong.

Check out the table setting. Everything is it's place and don't move that fork either.

My job was to serve the martini's and to make sure the evening got off to a good start. Check out my bartender shirt....it's a martini glass. Can't you tell????

My kite buddy Rijk came by to test the ginger martinis too. He wanted to make sure the girls would like them....then he was off to the beach to kite.

The girls have arrived. L-R, Patty, Pat, Lenni, Ruth, Gloria and Judy. Unfortunately Lillian, JJ and Paula could not make it. I poured the first round then I headed down to the beach.

There's Rijk walking up the beach. I got there just in time to help him get his kite down. He got in about an hour and said the wind was up and down. Not that great.

When Rijk and I got back to the house it was just about time to get out of Dodge.

I made one more round of the martinis, took this picture and then Rijk and I were out of there.

Here Ruth is serving her first course. It was an appetizer of Thai chicken lettuce wraps on a bed of butter lettuce....MMMMM.

The main course was Orange Sesame Chicken in parchment with mango salsa, tropical fruit salad, brown rice with pineapple medley. For desert she served chocolate souffles with whipped cream.

As the sunset Rijk and I walked up to Legends to watch the NBA playoffs and pounded a few.