IT’S ‘NOWRUZ’, PERSIAN NEW YEAR……..

………..and time to party!

This is THE all time fantabulous experience, especially when the party is at Farnaz’s!

Here I am at the entrance anticipating wonders to behold……..

I arrived right on time (8:00) because at nine I turn into a pumpkin (more on that later). A lot of the food platters were still encased in cellophane awaiting their unwrapping…..

Our beautiful and gracious hostess to the left with her charming sister who’s here from San Diego.

Meet Kia, Farnaz’s son. Gosh I remember him when he was just so high and now….What a charming young man, so kind and thoughtful and he’s now an orthodontist….so proud.

In the picture with Kia you can see the stairway to the lower level which also has a ‘main’ entrance.

Fully stacked and ready to go…………

The stuffed grape leaves to the upper right were the most delicious ever (had two) but could have polished off a plateful!

The kitchen (one of 8) before the droves were milling about…..

Sweets anyone? Baklava (another favorite) to the lower right.

O.K., time to meet lovely Poolack and her main squeeze Zach. This photograph does not begin to do her justice as she is truly the most beautiful girl….inside and out. And so smart….another orthodontist! It’s been a joy to watch Polack and Kia truly come into their own.

Time for the ‘Nowruz’ display. At the end of this blog you’ll see a description of all the ‘Haft Sin’ items that are on this table (all the must haves). Soooooo interesting!

All the dried fruits, dates, nougats still covered (remember I said I was on time….which is ‘early).

Forgot to ask what these are…….

Another view of the Haft Sin table with Farnaz’s sister.

Happy me because I found the sweets! Oh you’ll love this….One of the guests was wearing the matching skirt to my jacket! The two together are way tooooooo much!!!

Oh my gosh….when does it stop??????

….and flowers everywhere.

I’m downstairs taking a picture of the artwork Poolak & Kia got Farnaz for Nowruz.

Here’s that stairway.

Got to dance soooooo…….got to have a DJ!

There used to be bougainvillea along this area but Farnaz made it into a rock wall of cascading water. Wanted you to hear it but I think the party noise is drowning it out. At the end you can see the water.

So, remember I said I turn into a pumpkin at 9:00? Now that Nikka’s driving, she & Vicki go home at 9:00 soooooo. Anyway as I was silently sneaking out Yousef stopped me with a ‘where do you think you’re going?’ After explaining he insisted I stay for dinner. Dinner????????????????? What was all that???

So, I stayed until 9:30 but knowing ‘dinner’ would not be served until AFTER 10:00 I knew I should leave. Farnaz, amazing hostess that she is, left her 200 guests and went into one of the 8 kitchens where hot trays of Persian delicacies were awaiting their set up and made ‘doggie boxes’ for me. Can you imagine???