I was there! It was awesome!

noraleah:

The Super Bowl aside, the weekend was all about celebrating Elizabeth Bard and Lunch in Paris. We attended a (standing room only!) cooking demo and reading at Brooklyn Kitchen, which she did along side Giulia Meluccia, author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti. My (ahem, rather handsome) boyfriend mixed a Lillet cocktail that he created based on the Boulevardier, a favorite of Julia Child’s when she lived in Paris after World War II.

Side note: he spoke at some length about proper cocktail stirring technique. “It’s more of an oscillation….” I couldn’t keep a straight face. We’re talking about STIRRING for chrissakes! But that’s why I love him.

And then all of us friends and fans of Elizabeth retired to a very lovely cocktail party at a very special space in Williamsburg….

Amanda, one of Elizabeth’s dearest friends, flew out from LA to surprise her!

A clever twist on the floral bouquet.

Slow dancing with the man she fell in love with over lunch in Paris.

And on Sunday, we said fiddle-dee-dee to our hangovers and drove out to Teaneck to visit Elizabeth’s family and pay our respects to her 6-month-old son Augustin (whatever you do, don’t call him “the sequel”!). He had quite a few fans, as you can see….

Today Elizabeth is off to on a round-the-word book tour, from Sidney to San Francisco and finally back to NYC for a bit before home to Paris. I can’t wait to read about her adventures.