Party for Rijk

September 4, 2010

The kite group and friends had a going away party for Rijk tonight. Boo hoo, he's moving back to Holland.

The evening started around 6 o'clock when Rijk dropped by with these beautiful lillies.
Let the party begin.....

One of the early arrivals was Kyle, Elysa and Sidney. Unfortunately I didn't get Elysa in this shot

Rijk takes a moment to say "Hi" to Luca and Monica. Mourat refuses to be left out!!

Here are four really happy guys, Sohrab, Rijk, Murat and Sako. The party is cooking now.

Juliana and Juliano drove down from Marina del Rey and wouldn't have missed this party for anything.

I heard that Mark and Carole rode their bikes over to the house..... ok, maybe they carefully drove this time. Happy times with the LBPD.

YES, windsurfers were allowed....Bea, Radko and Danny love to party.

I asked Tim to take a picture...but I guess he was thinking this was for his Facebook page. Tim, Ruth says you shouldn't get this close to the camera. Scary!!!!!

Here's three of the four amago's. Unfortunately Klaus was kiting up at Sherman Island.

Mr. and Mrs. Kitesurfari (Robert and Danny) dropped by for some of the great food.
They loved it!!!!

Are the kiteboarders of Belmont the all -time best looking, or is it just me?...Martin, Jane, Bobby, Dan, Joy, Party Boy, and Darren.

Now here's a group to draw to, Juliano, Naji, Dr. Al, and Gabor.

The women were in the kitchen doing all the work and preparing the food. Monica, Juliana, Joy, Ruth and Pat.

As you may know the party was pot luck. Ruth prepared pulled pork with peach BBQ sauce (which Ruth also canned), roasted chicken, Rijk's mashed potatoes with Harley Mike's kale, and Swiss chard (from Harley Mandy's garden), cooked with bacon and cheeze. Carole Strauch brought broccoli salad. Joy brought cucumber salad. Betty Howell, pasta salad. Juliana, green bean and Quinoa salad. Lenny, green bean almondine. Bea, strawberry and blueberry bars. Pat & Terry, crudites plate and dip. Dr. Bobby, hummus dip and pita chips. Dr. Al, fruit torte. Sohrab and Murat, fruit torte. Jane and Darren, oatmeal cookies. Monica and Luca, brownies. And there was a plethora of beer and wine. THANK YOU EVERYONE. Please let us know if we forgot anything, or I screwed up what you brought. Any other pictures of the food????

I turned around and Pat asked Ruth about Bebe's wardrobe. She begged Ruth to drag out all of Bebe's clothes. "Nice rack." I'm talking about the PVC three tier rack...what else???

Everyone was getting a kick out of Ruth coming out of the closet, with Bebe's clothes. She explained that ever since she had to put away her dolls and get serious, she felt something was missing, so Bebe volunteered to help her adjust to adult life. Beats cooking the books at a Hollywood sound studio.

As the evening started winding down Carole raised a toast to Rijk. We all wish him well back in Holland.

This was great getting everyone to take a moment and have a Kodak moment.

Matt got off of work late....but better late than never. Darren gives thumbs up, Matt is wearing the right color t-shirt, Alexandra got a new hair do and so did Bobby.

Even though a few people have gone home it's never too late for one more group shot. Dan's just has to show off those abs one more time

It's time to go home and stop shooting pictures. This is Ruth's absolute favorite picture of her boys, especially Rijk's happy smile. It made three days of cooking all worthwhile.

One more picture of the beautiful lillies. Goodbye Rijk. Hope to see you soon :) :) :)