No block party no problem - I bloody mary-ed nonetheless. Some of my serrano+jalapeño, makrut lime leaf & lemongrass (1 week) infused vodka came in handy. No horseradish or celery - but made some celery seed salt to put on the rim along with chili powder on a tamarind rimmed glass. Texas pete, Franks, (Thai) sriracha and a sprinkle of garlic powder besides other ingredients.
This will do, this will do just fine.
Oh wow - my kids are all grown up and so are a lots of the other kids on the block but wow so so many littles on the street. Guess a fair bit of turnover and new move ins. And seems like a lot of things for little kids this year. A petting zoo (rather than a fire truck or dunk tank).
Time for hot dog lunch!
Table tennis - or Ping Pong as it's still called here is ON!
Made it to the finals last year - we'll see how it goes this year. Horrible driftwood type wooden paddles - if I took my TT paddle (that I haven't opened bag in 3+yrs) I'd lose so quick against these, so just going with the flow.
Last year: https://mastodon.online/@SRDas/114571289164755613
#BlockParty
Made it to the finals.
Ok time to go finish making the chicken curry that I'm taking over. + Partner says to make rice - because well people in the street mostly will appreciate properly made/basic rice.
In the meantime enjoy this #BlockParty #StreetPhotography
Oooh I made it back (from tending to the cooking) - in time for the hmmm what are they calling it ? "Adult moonshine contest" (lol as opposed to the kid one?! Used to be the cocktail contest).
Tasted them - mostly all so sweet or just extra boozy
(Especially that solid/gel one!). One ("Get Shucked" has candy corn in it.
Voting at the end of the line by putting a ticket in.
It's a lush life! (Even if it's classic rock and 80s music blasting)
Oooh looks like that 👆🏽 (see previous) helped. I won the table tennis 😀. Same finalists as last year. Not close this year (21-14).
I can't remember when I won last - maybe 4 or 5 years ago. And also maybe 15 yrs ago or so when we first moved here - I was the outsider and it was a big upset over the usual kid (then just finished with high school) That's his (parents) house and table we play on.
For whatever reason I seem to get more people cheering me on
Time for the food! 1/2
Drizzle this year but not too much - just a mild sprinkling (was great earlier) - forecast is ½" total by midnight. Nothing that would stop the #BlockParty - great to see people banded together to put tents/roofs over the food tables
CW #Food
Our chicken curry and almost all the rice got polished off
#BlockParty
Kids were a bit miffed with other food (yeah not so good this time around - but they also haven't figured out how to pick). Asked partner and me why we put so much effort into what we make.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ idk - I don't like to make bad food. (And this is relatively low effort)
It's raining quite a bit now. I'm back home - bit can hear the live music that's in now. I feel sorry for the young kid maybe mid 20s at most - playing a guitar and singing with a few chairs under the pop up tent in front
Was singing, playing quite well. If the drizzle hadn't increased I'd go back just to encourage her.
I'm guessing the usual teams trivia is not going to happen
Das