Game night is the best! They are perfect for all those long, cold nights ahead of us, and a great way to spend time with friends and family in a “together” sort of way, instead of an all-on-our-own-screens kind of way. They are also a great way of avoiding all those topics we are trying so hard to avoid right now. Game nights can be planned, or just happen. They can be for all ages or for carefully selected ensembles of people. Don’t want to host, or want to meet new gamers? Try a game night at Sandbox Bookstore and Games in Moses Lake! Game nights are best with lots of snacks and drinks that don’t spill.
Dinner
Homemade is good, but local is best. You don’t have to grow the flowers, make the pie crust or roll your own meatballs to make a dinner special. There are people in our community doing these things, brilliantly and deliciously.
Dessert
Local flower bouquet: Rue & Sage
Lily flower bouquet: Pieces by Parrott
Wine: Gård Vintners “The Don” Cabernet Sauvignon
Apple Bourbon Cocktail: with Cherry & Apple Juice from Rowley & Hawkins Fruit Farms, and Spurstride Wheated Bourbon Whiskey by Moses Lake Distillery
Apple pie: Cow Path Bakery
(Roasted) carrots: Moses Lake Farmers Market
Meatballs: Enzo’s Italian Restaurant
Other notes: These stunning melted wax-covered bottles were a craft project by a good friend (thanks, Nicki!). The beautiful stemware were dug out of my mother-in-law’s china hutch (thanks, Loris!) and I recommend looking first for family-owned pieces to enhance your tablescape, but we have tons of great vintage, antique and thrift shops in the area. For pasta I have been enjoying the whole wheat noodles which pack a denser flavor and more nutrition.
The Couch
Not looking for a crowd, just good company? Keeping it simple doesn’t mean it has to be boring! Put the phone away, pour yourself a drink (I also love a bubbly late night mocktail) and play some games. If you do use screens… make it interactive.
Jewelry: Diamond earrings and a watermelon tourmaline one-of-a-kind necklace by Frederick’s Jewelry
Eucalyptus: Farmland Florals
Cotton knit blankets: Moore Furniture
Wine: Gård Vintners “The Don” Cabernet Sauvignon
Whiskey: Spurstride Wheated Bourbon Whiskey by Moses Lake Distillery
Game: Toil & Troublez by Grandpa Beck’s Games from Coulee Wall Variety Store
Puzzle: Kikkerland Shuffleface Puzzle 4-person game from Coulee Wall Variety Store
Apple pie: Cow Path Bakery
Other notes: No night on the couch is complete without my little Lady (the dog)!
photographs by estographs
