Valentines Day and our 13th anniversary; and loving ever moment.
Martin, Paula, Aaron and Ginny were coming for dinner and our event was to start at 1700.
Onions and Mushrooms prepared for sautéing
Pat went for croissants while I began prep for dinner, which was Boeuf Bourguignon.  I had prepped the onion yesterday, always a task and roasted the bones and simmered the beef stock overnight.  I strained the stock, a china cap would have been great, but one make do with a simple strainer.
I began by cutting up the beef and then sautéing in small batches until brown, I had about 3 pounds of meat so it took  some time.  I had rendered the lardons before the beef and set them aside.
While the meat was sautéing Pat and I had coffee and croissants from a different bakery around the corner.
Boeuf bourguignon cooking in the oven.
Not to get bogged down in the details; while the bourguignon was cooking Pat and I when out to get champagne, Pate, Cheese and baguettes.
The evening festivities began at about 1710 and at about 2100 the group departed, after a couple of rounds of electronic “Catch Phrase”.  Pat and I loaded the dishwasher with the remaining items and then we decided to walk to Place du Trocadéro to watch the Eiffel Tower sparkle at 2200, but checking our watch we only had  about 15 minutes to walk the distance so we took the metro the 1 stop and walked back from Place du Trocadéro about 700 meters (about ½ mile).
The Eiffel Tower doing it’s thing on the hour!
Pat and I do our first Selfie
