It's Luau time for Larry! Manny opened the doors of his new home, to Larry and all of his/their friends to celebrate Larry's 44th Birthday. Yep, can't believe he's that old!! Because, he absolultey does not look his age. Absolutely! He definitely inherited good genes from his parents.
Larry made sure all his guests were well fed and had a drink in their hand. Manny mixed the drinks and Larry flitted around making sure everyone was drinking and happy.
The guests: all of Manny and Larry's choir friends from Holy Family Church in Glendale. Plus "us", meaning Gigi and Jim. Ted and Wee, Ling and Dolly, Lisa and Steve, Roy and I.
Well, needless to say, as in most Pinoy parties, we stuffed ourselves silly with good Filipino food. I think I had a plate and half. The desserts were from Paradise Bakery (local Armenian bakery which has a good many loyal customers from the Glendale area). I personally, think their desserts are not as good as say...Porto's. Lots of cream and not much taste..but that's just me!! The birthday cake was fine and they served little mini cream cakes, which I couldn't eat anymore so I just took a picture of it.
Manny's effort to mix drinks was successful for a novice Mixologist. The mai-tais were pretty sweet and strong but still good to drink. It set up a perfect mood for revelry and celebration. Larry thought of everything. He made sure the kids (and there were many...at one point Gigi commented that it was really a "children's party!) were entertained by having a movie projected on a brick wall. They spread little blankets on the grass, the kids were all huddled together and they all looked happy and content watching a Disney movie. And of course, there was also a touch of a "Debut" party. Manny made a slide show of Larry's life in pictures...with very funny images of Larry 25 years ago...ha! Roy especially loved it. Although he was waiting for a cottilon dance to come next. Which never came. What was presented instead was a Hawaiian dance performed by one of the cute little kids running around. That was a treat. And Larry loved it.
On a side note, really loved Manny's new home. He should be proud of his accomplishment; the house has lots of potential (the master bathroom renovation was very well done) and I'm sure he's very excited planning his future renovations!
I thought of Lawrence (in Manila) and hoped he celebrated his birthday as happily as Larry did (which I actually think he did...for sure!)
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