d'amore dinner

i love being invited to a friends house for dinner so last night my friend jan and his mama who is visiting from rome had me over for our annual green pea soup meetup.........oh how i love the d'amore's and their pea soup.

the famous oh sooo very delicious and healthy pea soup...best ever!



a delicious salad.

here we have my friend jan my brother from another mother and my friend yolonda my sister from another mister.

viola! tasty food tons of italian wine and great company...who could ask for anything more?
oh and are those not the loveliest napkins?

lovely aukje.

aukje showing us her collage artwork. did i mention she is a great artist.

which jan has proudly displayed in his cozy home.

mom and son prepping the dessert.



i came home with leftovers yay! and a bottle of wine from jan and the colorful necklace and bracelet from aujke all the way from the asian markets in rome. aukje also gave me something super special which i will blog about later...stay tuned.

it really was a wonderful  night. that's amore!