Nicolas, Juanita and Nicole.
Finally wrapped up the holidays with an Open House on New Year's Eve from 4-7. Invited all Tom's classmates, my bible study and book group friends and a couple of international friends. It turns out many stayed out of town until New Year's Day and I had some last minute apologies due to sickness so we had a small turnout but it ended up being a great night anyway. Andy (who is Southern) and Kauzue (who is Japanese) brought a lovely dish with ingredients symbolic of all good things & wishes for the new year. Mauricio and Olga came and brought their children and his sister and niece who were visiting. They're all from Colombia and later in the evening were telling us about the customary soup they were going to eat later that night as part of their traditions. Next thing I knew they ran down to their apartment (they live a few buildings away) and came back with the soup (a yummy 3 potato recipe) for all of us to share! They all ended up staying much later than the 7PM open house had stated but we had a great time and lots of interesting sharing of our different cultures.
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