Househeating Party

We had a housewarming party on Saturday that ended up lasting 10 hours, in four parts. I think all the great get-togethers we have ever hosted have always had different components/activities/locations.

1. We started in nearby Prince Alfred Park, playing some lawn games and having snacks with friends. 

2. Then we moved to our apartment where we reached critical mass, ate many fingerfoods (mini grilled cheeses were a big hit), played some party games, and managed successfully utilize our metal laundry sink as an ice bucket that stayed cold for an impressive 14+ hours. Ninja was really good socializing with all our guests, and Eve made a timid cameo. 

3. Then we hopped over to The Eveleigh Hotel and were able to play the largest game of pool I have ever played with 16 people at one time (if you are familiar with the basketball game knockout, it was similar to that, and we had to re-rack the game three or four times throughout). It was one of the most impressively spur-of-the-moment organized, inclusive games for a large-ish group of people I have had the pleasure to witness. Our friend, Taffy, decided to act as a de-facto camp counselor and start it. Even the few friends who were there that aren't a part of the frisbee crew really got into it and had fun. 

4. After that, we went back to our place with a much smaller group of friends who still felt like carrying on, and we played a low-key game of Things and ordered Dominos. Apparently you can order poutine and knockoff churros from Dominos, and to nobody's surprise, both are terrible. Stick with pizza, Dominos. 

I already knew we had a welcoming, diverse, hilarious group of friends from all over the world, and it was wonderful to have an excuse to have them all over. Thinking about it now, we had friends over who hale from from Australia, US, Estonia, Wales, Malaysia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Croatia, and Colombia. The house was significantly warmed - figuratively, and literally. We were all sweating because we have no air conditioning and it was in the 30's Celsius. And still, nobody really cared, everyone was happy to stay for hours and hours and hangout anyway.