{"id":3511,"date":"2012-09-24T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T15:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2012-09-25T21:09:16","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T01:09:16","slug":"one-last-summer-soiree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/one-last-summer-soiree\/","title":{"rendered":"one last summer soiree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve &amp; I have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/neighborhood-fall-fiesta\/\">made it a tradition<\/a> to host a neighborhood get-together each year.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve found that early\/mid September is a perfect time since it&#8217;s technically still summer, yet everyone is back in town from their summer rendezvous. \u00a0 Each neighbor brings sweet &amp; savory finger foods to the party and this is what I whipped up this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cucumber-appetizers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3512\" title=\"cucumber appetizers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cucumber-appetizers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cucumber-appetizers.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cucumber-appetizers-92x300.jpg 92w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cucumber-appetizers-315x1024.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always noticed that cucumbers are a fairly popular choice on the traditional vegetable\/dip platters so when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designsponge.com\/2009\/08\/in-the-kitchen-with-eliza-jane-curtis.html\" target=\"_blank\">these cuties<\/a> appeared in my &#8216;<em>easy appetizer search<\/em>&#8216; it was a no-brainer.\u00a0 Once again, they&#8217;ve got great presentation &amp; are simple to make&#8230; 2 important things I look for in all my recipes.\u00a0 I filled mine with hummus but here are some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designsponge.com\/2009\/08\/in-the-kitchen-with-eliza-jane-curtis.html\" target=\"_blank\">other great ideas<\/a> you could try too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/peach-sangria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3514\" title=\"peach sangria\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/peach-sangria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"2068\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/peach-sangria.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/peach-sangria-87x300.jpg 87w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/peach-sangria-297x1024.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We offered up a number of bottled drinks but I also wanted to make a fun fruity drink (<em>and have an excuse to buy a dozen canning jars to be used as glasses<\/em>)\u00a0 This peach sangria was a big hit.<\/p>\n<p>2 bottles of white wine of your choice (or 1 large one)<\/p>\n<p>2\u00a0 cups peach schnapps<\/p>\n<p>1 cup frozen lemonade concentrate<\/p>\n<p>2 nectarines, sliced<\/p>\n<p>1 cup green or red grapes, whole or sliced<\/p>\n<p>Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher. Cover and chill at least 2 hours then serve over ice.<\/p>\n<p>I also made the always popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/caramel-apple-flower\/\">caramel apple flower<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/neigborhood-party.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3513\" title=\"neigborhood party\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/neigborhood-party.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It turned out to be a lovely day catching up with everyone &amp; hearing about their latest adventures.\u00a0 It was also a great opportunity for Jule to meet all her American neighbors.\u00a0 Gus, on the other hand was pretty much on plate patrol the entire afternoon ;-)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Like to see where I spend my time away from catching fireflies<\/strong><strong>?\u00a0 Then sign up to receive blog posts like these in your email inbox <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/get-the-latest-updates-in-your-inbox\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/one-last-summer-soiree\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/one-last-summer-soiree\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve &amp; I have made it a tradition to host a neighborhood get-together each year.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve found that early\/mid September is a perfect time since it&#8217;s technically still summer, yet everyone is back in town from their summer rendezvous. \u00a0 Each neighbor brings sweet &amp; savory finger foods to the party and this is what I whipped up this year. I&#8217;ve always noticed that cucumbers are a fairly popular choice on the traditional vegetable\/dip platters so when these cuties appeared in my &#8216;easy appetizer search&#8216; it was a no-brainer.\u00a0 Once again, they&#8217;ve got great presentation &amp; are simple to make&#8230; 2 important things I look for in all my recipes.\u00a0 I filled mine with hummus but here are some other great ideas you could try too. We offered up a number of bottled drinks but I also wanted to make a fun fruity drink (and have an excuse to buy a dozen canning jars to be used as glasses)\u00a0 This peach sangria was a big hit. 2 bottles of white wine of your choice (or 1 large one) 2\u00a0 cups peach schnapps 1 cup frozen lemonade concentrate 2 nectarines, sliced 1 cup green or red grapes, whole or sliced Combine&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/one-last-summer-soiree\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2522,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-pad","category-really-good-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3511"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3516,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511\/revisions\/3516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}