Comments on: Backyard Dinner Party and Chocolate Fudge Cake

By: Finding Your Garden Zone, Spring Raised Beds Planting, and Ryobi Tiller | reluctantentertainer.com Reluctant Entertainer I Sandy Coughlin - Lifestyle, Entertaining, Food, Recipes, Hospitality and Gardening

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:01:44 +0000

[…] love this picture with our friends, a backyard dinner party where we moved the table out by the garden […]

By: Gluten-Free Apple Goody Dessert Recipe - Reluctant Entertainer I Sandy Coughlin - Lifestyle, Entertaining, Food, Recipes, Hospitality and Gardening

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:01:28 +0000

[…] our friends Roger and Faye delivered the boxes, coolers, bags full of apples, from their fruit trees, I couldn’t help […]

By: Secret Ingredient to Warmer Connections - Reluctant Entertainer I Sandy Coughlin - Lifestyle, Entertaining, Food, Recipes, Hospitality and Gardening

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:09:44 +0000

[…] back to our fast-paced world, how we naturally get into routines and rhythms with our families and schedules, and how busyness sets in. Even though we naturally long to spend time with family and friends, we […]

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:06:55 +0000

Sandy, my ‘i’ keeps sticking on my keyboard. The above comment was from Elaine, not Elane. :)

By: Elane

Elane — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:05:42 +0000

What a lovely post, Sandy. The piece of tape with Faye’s name on the bottom of the plate reminds me of a beautiful pink ruffled cake plate that I was lucky enough to find at a thrift store last summer. On the bottom is a piece of tape with the owner’s name on it. The tape is discolored and probably would be difficult to take off because it is obvious that it has been on there many years, but I never want to take it off. I am sure the woman who owned this plate took it to many potlucks over the years and I just treasure that about the plate. I just want to honor her tradition and continue it.

By: Alison @ Ingredients, Inc.

Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:09:35 +0000

Love your pictures! This cake looks amazing!

By: Tracie B

Tracie B — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:21:11 +0000

We love our older friends. They have served as precious mentors to my husband and I (and our children too!). Looks like y’all had a wonderful evening enjoying each other’s company. I’m a little jealous of your mild summer. Ours has been nothing short of oppressive with temps in the 100’s and not very much rain, but I am so very thankful for all my blessings. That chocolate cake looks divine. I will be giving it a try soon. Thanks for inspiring me to be a gracious hostess, Sandy.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:18:28 +0000

Most of our church family are older than we are, and we enjoy spending time w/all of them so much! I hope to have them over again very soon!

By: teresa

teresa — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:59:41 +0000

Sounds like a wonderful night- and that cake….holy cow…looks yummy!
Thanks for sharing

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:14:48 +0000

Thanks for the reminder to make spending time with our older friends a priority! We have some we need to invite over…my last time was probably in July when I had two dear ladies over for brunch…both older than my mother! They are gems for sure…