Cityretreat

Wow, that may have been the roast with the most! Early signs point to maybe the best ever. What made it so great? It could be that we woke to drizzle that slowly evolved into full on rain mid morning. Not so great when you have a 220 lb pig twirling on the spit in the alley! But by noon the sun came out, along with a beautiful blue sky and a nice breeze.

We also had a really awesome crowd this year. Probably 120 people, but the randoms were kept to a minimum (in years past we've had lots of people literally walk off the street and come in). Yesterday was mostly just great friends and great friends of friends.

The food was amazing - Bob of course delivered spectacular pig, as always. K made her delicious broccoli salad and the rest was ordered in from Smoke Daddy. We had mac & cheese, cole slaw and the most delicious corn bread ever. Yum!

We had special appearances from all the sisters - C's and mine - which was a great treat. Lots of great favorites from out of town. Tons of kids (and expecting moms) who were all wonderfully behaved (may have been that they finally received a kid's table and special fixings to keep them happy). Parents of friends I adore and haven't seen in too long. Boys that tucked in wives and returned for a late night out. Overall just a great event.

A few pictures are below, I'll rotate them in this week because there are lots of great ones.

Thanks to everyone who came and played and lent a hand and brought ice and drinks and fun times!

Today we rest.