Bubb Park Mothers & Dogs Society
Cinco de Mayo Potluck
5-4-07

Wow! What a way to start another year of Potlucks In The Park. It was raining when you went to school. It was cold and blowing at noon. At two there was hardly a peek of sunshine. But at 5:45 there was not a cloud in the sky and the sun made it feel warm. Somebody sure went to church on this one -- many thanks.

Not only did the sun drive away the rain, it drew out maybe a record crowd. Why, it even drew out a bunch of folks who hadn't quite gotten around to sending in their RSVP. (Now just what kind of a standard are we teaching all these great kids anyway?) But it sure was a lot of fun.

Go ahead and count in the table below, but it looks like 35 families were represented by 93 people. Actually, Teak told me it was really because of all her dog friends - 19 in total - who dragged their humans and friends to the park. If you think these numbers are an exaggeration, just try to count all the faces in the group pictures. I think Mason Escobar gets the prize for the youngest at about 2 months. (I'll stay away from the oldest.........)

The food was really great. First, thanks to Wendy Yee for the core suggestion of Cinco de Mayo and her offer to provide the "foundation" for the feast. Also thanks to Vera Kark, Janet Sloan, Beth Caltagirone & Kim Thompson for their inputs about school and sports activities to try to find a date with a minimum of conflicts. The list of great food would fill the page, and the pictures show most of it, but more than one eater wanted to know about Eric Lipanovich's Mexican Drunk Chicken.

So, with the promise that this is Internet Shareware, we've managed to squeeze the recipe out of Eric - donations of money, or commitments to be part of the 2007 Halloween cast are greatly appreciated.

Last Name	First Name	Spouse	Child 1	Child 2	Child 3	Dog
Aguiar	Ruth	Celso	Gabriel	Julia
Caltagirone	Ricardo	Beth	Kimberly	Arthur		Scout
Casali	Renee	Mark	Matthew	Lucas
Christopherson	Dianne					Benny
Cooper	Kathy					Gus & Molly
Elliott		Allison	Sophie	Lisa
Escober	Becky	Gil	Mason
Haspert		Gail	Laurel
Hilberg	Gabriele		Sophia Sears	Mira Sears		Cocoa
Kahan/Safran	Michael	Gabriella	Eva	Frieda
Kark	Vera					Link
Lehner		Pam			Mark
Lipanovich	Eric
Menhenett/Rhoadarmer	Ariana	John	Alina	Kayla
Millet/McDonald	Tim	Page	Tatum	Payton		Scooter
Mulkey	Marla	Mike	Matthew	Marisa
Nichols		Anita
Nunnally/Albright	Carol	Matt	Courtney Cooper	Nicole	Lindsay
Price	Karen		Lauren	Emma		McKinley
Recine	Barb	Dan	Carl	Marie		Tucker
Rogers/Jones	Monica	Craig	Gabby
Schynert/Tarter		Karen	Alison
Sechrest	Sally	Lyle				Sadie
Sloan/Stahl	Janet	Peter		Allegra
Sokoloff/Brown	Randi	Jeff	Zoe			Molly
Theil	Niki	Jeremy	Eric	Andy
Fitzsimons			Elyse
Thompson	Kim					Maverick
Tippett	Terri	Eric	Dane	Jace		Jet
Tuerk	Linda		Emma			Mo & Buddy
Van Mell	Rick	Sandy				Teak
Wang/Scarlett	Cindy	Sean	Sierra	Alaya		Jazz
Welch/Hayes	Tim
Woolley/Brewer	Richard	Janet				Chelsea
Yee	Wendy					Sable

Teak is ready!	Cocoa is too	Jazz can't wait	Link in the middle of it
Chow time!	Lots of goodies	Tortillas & fillings	Happy Chick!
Happy Cindy	In Converence	Becky brings ...	Mason to first potluck
Matt, Carol & girls	Kim, Courtney & Sophia	Casali salute	Page, Vera & Wendy
Gail, Eric & Jeremy	Ricardo & Beth	Frieda, Michael & Eric	Emma & Karen arrive
Garbriele calms Cocoa	Deviled eggs go fast!	Alina, Ariana & John	Delicious!
Anita's Pan Dulce	Molly is intent on ...	food, but ...	Zoe wants some too!
Mom says, "Dad's problem."	Anita & Sally	Tucker's not sure	Back for more!
The Brain Trust	Benny's itchy	Allegra & Janet	Terri, Gabriel & Ruth
Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Group 5	The End.