another saturday night in ankara

our friends lisa & tom are leaving us this week to spend the next 6 months state-side, so we had a good-bye dinner party in their honor at our house last night. luckily i was feeling much better and a great time was had by all. afterwards we stopped by our friend serhat's 31st birthday party at a bar downtown... here are some photos!

after-dinner sweet: nigella's cupcakes with royal frosting

mid-dinner party

after-dinner party: a mandatory round of guitar hero for the guys.
julianne n' lisa
we're going to miss lisa : (
the gals
this crew has shared many a dinner party over the last year
i think we get along so well because of our serious attitudes
later on julianne & adam went home to check on baby kathryn, and lisa & tom joined us for serhat's birthday bash
serhat had a fertilizer tool that he used to dispense shots for his friends. it was pretty hilarious.

i was the unexpecting recipient of one of his shots...

...and most of it ended up on my face.

me n' ben
pals
lisa n' tom

fun times. we're going to miss them!