And the Winner Is ...........

Does anyone watch "The Bachelorette?"

Well we Bunco girls know

who follows this show.  At a recent bunco

(Vivian's to be exact) we started

 a bit of a lottery.  With a $5.00 buy in
you could have a piece of a bachelor

We threw all of the bachelors in a hat and randomly

selected two each.  Here is a list of the original

picks.

As you can see, last night it came down to:

Peggy with Chis L 

and 

Diana with Roberto.

(Tammie you stayed in there

with Frank for a while)

And the winner is Diana with Roberto

Stay tuned for "our bunco" rose ceremony to present

Diana with her prize

Now I am ready for the next

DWTS

Diana's Bunco

Under the Tuscan Moon....Part III

Diana's Bunco will be coming up in August, and

we will be having our 3rd annual Italian Feast under

the Stars in the Kelley backyard.  Dinner

will be served at 6:30 so come, enjoy cocktails, dinner

and Bunco on

Thursday August 19th

See you there.  Let me know if this date works for you.

Patty's July Beach Bunco

Patty's Excellent Beach Adventure

We ladies are certainly lucky experiencing 

our "beach themed" summer. 

After enjoying Cynthia's cool June bunco,

we had Patty and her gorgeous beach house

welcoming us to her wonderful July bunco.

Heading down to the beach on Thursday,

I felt the excitement of my mini vacation.

Patty, as she always does, invited us to spend the night and

enjoy a day on Balboa Island the following day. 

I know some of us couldn't stay over,

but we enjoyed a lot of

good laughs, good food, good beverages and good friends

on Thursday night.

Welcome to the beach ....

We began our evening sipping beverages on the patio....

sangria or margaritas anyone?

Looks like Sangria for Peggy and

Margarita for Cynthia.

Maybe a little of both for Lisa

Shelley and Diana enjoying the evening

and Patty the hostess with the mostess working hard

in the kitchen.

The food, what a spread ...

We had roasted chicken

scalloped potatoes

cucumber salad, slaw salad and

cornbread.

Of course this was after our delicious

appetizers.

The appetizers were so yummy...these recipes

we "need" from Patty.  Patty and Katina if you read this

I am waiting for you to email these recipes

Here's our lovely bartender....Julia and our hostess Patty

having a moment

The eating part was serious business, just ask Lisa

Even Katina...our late arrival...got into the act.

Katina enjoying her beverage

The silverware was darlingly displayed with seashell accents.

Patty you do have the touch.

This is a must picture.  This orchid has bloomed 3 times.  Not

only is Patty a fantastic hostess, but she has a green

thumb as well.  So Pretty!!!

Oops.... Is this Tanya and Julia making some magic concoction?

and then there was dessert....Brownie pops (courtesy of Your Sugar Rush)

and Patty's infamous Peach Kuchen

(OMG! To Die For)

and believe it or not but we did play some bunco....

Cute!

At our age swimming is dangerous...

the lifeguards don't try as hard.

Fun

Charissa had a busy evening...between spying on men across the street

and doing a dramatic reading concerning ....

I don't recall what it was about.

(maybe vegetables???)

Never a dull moment

This is the infamous bunco pose...but

notice her lovely necklace.

and then after a whopping 12 games...we had some winners.

Diana was the most bunco winner, and

won the most gorgeous pitcher.

Patty is a "good shoppa"

Julia was a winner too....but I am not sure I remember

this story she is telling.

Did it have something to do with

Charissa's dramatic reading?

Here is her prize

and our Vivian, who hasn't been

feeling well.  We were so happy she

was able to join us.  We hope you

feel better soon Vivian!!!!

Looks like Katina was a winner too.  Where am I? 

I was a winner too.

 

This was the backside of Charissa's man...remember ladies?

All in all it was a most excellent adventure, and

we thank Patty so much for having us.

Thank you Patty, I think you

may have outdone yourself AGAIN!!!!

Beach Blanket Bingo or Rather Bunco

In the lovely month of June, we

celebrated Bunco at the home

of the lovely Cynthia.

We were told to wear flip flops in honor

of her theme and greeted at the door

with a most appropriate

"WELCOME"

The second, and of course one of the most important

other than Cynthia herself of course,

was the lovely spread of delectables

Cynthia had prepared for us.

One thing about this group....we certainly

love to eat.

and Cynthia certainly had that in mind. 

Notice

her beautiful new countertops. 

She had just

finished her kitchen remodel and it was gorgeous. 

So pretty and in keeping with the theme....

the beverage area

 and of course another of the very

important elements of bunco....the gifts!!!

They were wrapped so colorfully and everyone

anticipated themselves to be the winners.

We had a surprise visit from a friend.

Cynthia's darling grand daughter....Sadie

So the play began

as well as the competitive spirit

But of course, like all good buncos, we can only

have a few winners....

Tammie was one of the lucky ones.

As well as Lisa

and yours truly even won the Boobie Prize

All in all another perfect bunco is put into Memory.

Thanks Cynthia, for the memories.....

Bunco Reminder

Patty

will be hosting the July Bunco

at her Beach House

the date is:

July 22nd

See you there!!!

HAPPY COOKING

Over the years we have eaten a good many, good things....

We have some excellent cooks in this group

and I am going to start compiling these recipes

and listing them as Bunco Recipes

and also under the contributors name. 

Any recipes you would like me to include

please email me. 

I will also try and get some pictures to go with the recipe. 

HAPPY COOKING

Vivian's Bunco ...............???

In the lovely month of May we celebrated

Vivian's Bunco

Peggy's 2nd Bunco

Peggy usually hosts our marvelous Christmas bunco, but this May

Peggy hosted bunco for the second time this year.  Vivian, our lovely

matriarch has not been feeling well, and was not able to host,

so Peggy, being the wonderful friend and neighbor she is

offered her services

What a wonderful time we had, starting with beverages on her lovely porch.

or at least a few of us did.  Isn't this

lovely with the string of lights?

Peggy cooked for us too.  

I was a little late so I didn't get a good

picture of her delicious food, but I did get to eat it.

She made several delicious quiches, salad, rolls and

much more.....and oh so scrumptious

It was a fun and silly night...

check out the highlights...

When you see a photo like this don't you wonder

what they are up to?

My guess would be they were putting a hex on me for

taking pictures.

Here's Patty reading her fortune...and by the look on Julia's face

it was not so good.

No, that wasn't it. 

I think we were drawing bachelors out of the hat for our

Bachelorette pool.

It was extremely serious business and very official.

I just wish I had gotten better bachelors.  I heard last night

that Diana might have gotten one of the better potential picks

Here is our resident bag lady...that's right ... Shelley

Shelley's goal was to see how much she could carry from table to table

Next time we may want to give her a shopping cart.

(Really Shelley, you don't have to carry your purse all evening)

She gives two fisted drinker a whole new meaning.

We also had some bell issues...actually we had dice issues too. 

Tammie someone, I won't name names

forgot to bring the bunco bag.

This bell worked just fine though.

I can't be sure...but I am thinking Debbie's watching Shelley carry

her purse from table to table...either that

or maybe she is wanting Diana's bachelor pick.

The paparazzi came in and took some random shots

Is this Katina's good side?  I always forget.

All of the tables had such pretty flowers from

Peggy's garden (maybe Vivian's too?)

Shot from the kitchen looking into the dining room

I could be wrong...but I think Charissa is telling

one of her famous stories.

and then came the gifts.  All the gifts were tied with a

cute little bow attached to a girls best friend.....no not diamonds.

COLD HARD CASH

courtesy of Vivian

Here are some random

WINNERS

Debbie

Shelley

Cynthia

and some that didn't win but were still WINNERS

Patty

and Rosie with a friend

and for those of you who don't remember which

bachelor you picked...here is the list

The question is.....WHO SHALL WIN?

Good Luck

Thanks to Peggy for such

a great evening....

FUN, FUN, FUN.