a weekend of FOOD

this past weekend was a weekend of food. it started on friday night, when we turned the wheel of manchego cheese ben brought back from spain into fondue & shared it with friends.  the cheese didn't melt entirely, for reasons we still don't understand, but it was still glorious.

wheel o cheese

on saturday we were spoiled by tom & lisa with a famous tsoupelis barbeque on their gorgeous rooftop terrace.  tom estimated he cooked 75 pounds of meat (for only 15 people!  they've got a freezer full).  oh yeah.  it was delicious, and as always, a great time.

meat meat meat

tommy, with his duelling grills

on sunday, it was mother's day brunch with the balkaya family.  

my mother's day gift was a) getting to sleep in until 9am - something i hadn't done in about 15 months or so.  b) waking up to a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from my two main men

c) skyping with our aussie family, aydan & gigi, before heading to brunch

 d) eating brunch (mostly drinking coffee, because even sleeping until 9 didn't cut it after the late night bbq) uninterrupted while everyone else took care of emre.  

he thoroughly enjoyed eating a giant bun & biting into large cherry tomatoes.  and yeah, he made a mess.

emre suffers from a lack of attention, as usual

balkaya guys

uncle fazil can was home for two weeks - sadly, he returned to boston this morning.  we really enjoyed hanging out with him while he was here.  emre loves him!

touching noses - a sign of affection from emre

playing beep beep

the rest of the day was pretty quiet.  we took a nice walk, enjoyed a quiet dinner, and got to skype with both lansfords and prices before emre's bedtime.  a perfect second mother's day!