The Illinois St. Andrew Society holds an annual Burns Supper, and thanks to some family friends, we were able to obtain free tickets to attend last Saturday night. The night was filled with haggis eating, toasting, and ceilidh dancing. We had a great time.
Dave with the American version of haggis. It tasted like meatloaf with a punch of spices.
There was so much food that I couldn't eat it all. Notice how the neeps were left untouched. ;-)
Laura and I have known each other since we were babies--and now she has a "baby" of her own, two-year-old Andrew. Her parents got the tickets for us. Thanks, Dr. Tim and Auntie Cathy!
Dave with the American version of haggis. It tasted like meatloaf with a punch of spices.
There was so much food that I couldn't eat it all. Notice how the neeps were left untouched. ;-)
Laura and I have known each other since we were babies--and now she has a "baby" of her own, two-year-old Andrew. Her parents got the tickets for us. Thanks, Dr. Tim and Auntie Cathy!
Dave has been learning quickly that Chicagoland is known for its extreme weather: super hot and humid in the summer and freezing cold in the winter. This isn't anything like the moderate climate of his beloved homeland (although we have the serious wind in common with Aberdeen). A couple of weeks ago, we had a stretch of sub-zero temps that closed many schools and left those of us with non-education jobs praying that our cars would start each morning when we drove to work.