One of my favorite things is to mix and introduce my friends from one group (e.g. grad school or current work place) with each other.  This party presented a great chance for that, and we took it.

Special thanks to Thai for grilling up a storm of good food.  And to some home-made BBQ sauce 😉

I also opened a nice bottle of port towards the end of the party, one I’d been saving for a while.  It was a Ramos Pinto single-quinta Tawny, a Quinta de Bom Retiro, one highly-rated port.  And it was all that and then some.  Very smooth, elegant, easy to drink, I loved it.

All in all, a fun night.