Sunday, March 8, 2009

Peregrinations with cocktails aplenty


Oops! A week flew by since the last post. How did that happen.

Yesterday was the Annual Peregrine Place Progressive Cocktail Party. Interestingly the definition of 'peregrination' (a word I came across only recently) is 'To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot.' Not with cocktails, although in our locality the definition is tinged with flavours of grasshopper and melon daiquiri.

Our street is a small and friendly one, where most people know each other, it having just 15 houses. Nine of them took part in yesterdays communal provision of alcoholic beverages. Starting at 2pm, we visited each in turn, spending about 45 minutes at each place, imbibing and nibbling on tasty snacks, meeting the kids and the pets and admiring views, gardens and spacey looking ice crushing machinery. At about 8pm we staggered to the final host for a bbq where all the food was contributed by everyone. We stayed until about 11.30 sitting out on a warm, calm evening on a beautiful high level deck overlooking Auckland city and the harbour bridge. A great day indeed.

6 comments:

mariSh said...

... and I thought that I thought you this word years ago - when I wrote about my bicycle peregrinations... did you think that it was a Polish word and you didn't bother?...

mariSh said...

That cocktail looks most inviting! Light and fluffy... You will be commissioned to make it on my house warming party!

mariSh said...

Writer's cramp?

Amanda said...

I been sick :-(

mariSh said...

OOOOOOOOOOOh! Poor thing... I hope you are better now! You must take greater care of yourself. Keep warm - I shall knit you a thick jumper!
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Amanda said...

Oh no. Keep those needles out of it. I am fine now - honest :-))