Thursday, June 9, 2011

Charlie Sheen started this party but a Madame finished it.

Oooh lawd.  Imagineering your own fake tv show is hard work especially after a weekend of partying hard Chattavegas style.  (That just means I ate some tacos and went to the bookstore, btw).  And then I had a real party TO CELEBRATE THE KITCHEN!  What, WHAAAAAT!!!
I just came home from an afternoon of fabulosity and my friends had done this!
This ain't no Rue or Martha Stewart party.  It's real people,  yo.


We had to celebrate because in addition to this project being 157 years in the making there was definitely some craziness surrounding it. The initial demo seemed to stir up some ancient spirits of ugly ass kitchens and opened up a hellgate to the bad place.  Huge storms knocked down a tree the first day and crazy accidents happened the rest of the week before finally settling down.  The day of the final inspection the tornadoes came.  I mean, DAMN!  It's just a kitchen, Universe, you don't have to bookend it with tragedies!  So we needed some serious positive energy up in the hizouse to close the hellgate and restore the balance of power towards fabulosity.  And by positive energy I mean mayonnaise-based dips of course.

And a magic spell.   
Fuck you bar carts! This is how we throw down at the Ranch!
Seriously - I don't care what you believe in there was some bad juju up in this place and you have to fight fire with fire.  And chicken heads.  Kidding!  But I figured we would have to make some kind of stew made from eyelash of drag queen, cock ring of bear daddy (so generously offered by friends hailing straight from the motherland of San Francisco), glitternaise and cat hair that we would rub on the cabinets while chanting Lady Gaga lyrics in leotards and capes.

But sadly enough that's not how real magic works even though I pulled it straight from an episode of True Blood.  Real life friend of the Sauce, Slade (not porn name), just happens to be magically delicious and the Dr. Phil of woo woo shit (it's on his business cards) so he was in charge of the hellgate closing ceremony.  Like the Olympics but without all the Josh Groban songs.


Thanks for my garden, J!  Also thank you for apparently styling my window ledge.
Step one: smudge the fuck out of my house.  DONE.  

Step two: sprinkle salt that has been exposed to the light of the full moon (I'm not shittin you) at the corners of my property to create new zone of amazing awesomeness.  Or something like that.  Charlemagne was also enlisted to use her spidey senses to alert me of future bad juju with the zone of amazing awesomeness.  She seemed nonplussed.  DONE.  

Step three: guests have to carve happy thoughts and positive wishes into a yummy-scented candle for me to burn.  My friends didn't roll their eyes (in front of me) and nicely carved things like peace, BACON, something in French and something about sex (this is NOT where you tell me what you're doing later on, perverts!).  Somebody got creative and drew a picture of what appears to be either a tree, a stalk of broccoli or a dick and hairy balls.  Are we playing Pictionary and you're trying to wish me "growth" of some kind?  It's sweet, really.  Either way - DONE.  

This picture almost completely encapsulates my life: boxed wine, smudge stick and puff pastry fresh from the oven in the background.


So after business was concluded we got down to the REAL business.  The party business.  In addition to Slade (not porn name) we had another celebrity present!  Nick - of ModSauce Ranch kitchen fame - traveled to Chattavegas to witness our love child in person and to celebrate the closing of the hellgate.   He seemed to approve and there was much skipping and laughing and twirling.  

He also brought fireworks!  


Which we didn't use because outside felt like the ass crack of a whore in church: hot and sticky.
Yep.  Folding tables.  They're not even mine.   Keepin it real!
We couldn't even go outside at all because it was so miserably hot.  Those candles actually lit themselves.

Really though this was all just an excuse to wear my new shoes:
Which I totally did!!  For a few hours until my feet hurt.  

But you know what didn't have to come off?!  Motherfuckin JEGGINGS!

Some people throw fancy parties with cupcake towers and giant themed tables which is awesome I guess and I'll totally try and do that before I turn 40 but for now I'm exceedingly happy with boxes of booze and pants with elastic waistbands and magical spells and fireworks and martinis.  Lots and lots of martinis.

Ok but next time I swear I'll have outdoor furniture.  

Maybe...  

Depends if there are shoe sales in the near future.

17 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for the invite to the Ranch for skipping, laughing and twirling... It was not to be missed and won't soon be forgotten!

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  2. You are most welcome. Thanks for, you know, cabinets. ; )

    The twirling was my favorite part.

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  3. ...Madame twirled, ribbons of sage, lavender, and sweet grass smoke enveloping her body like moisturizer TV commercial graphics, like Star Trek transporter room special effects, like an outtake reel from Black Swan...

    You could not keep that evening from being classy if you tried.

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  4. Yes - exactly like that.

    Thank you for your expertise and your exceptional references. ; )

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  5. It sounds like a a great time was had by all and the bad juju is history! Thanks for sharing with us.

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  6. *I* had a great time so I hope everyone else did too. ; )

    Yes, bad juju = gone! Until I do the bathrooms...

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  7. "guess and I'll totally try and do that before I turn 40 but for now I'm exceedingly happy with boxes of booze and pants with elastic waistbands"
    only my new motto of life, is all.

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  8. You and me both, honey. Come over for a party anytime.

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  9. From the description, sounds like the hell-gate closing ceremony was "A list" all the way. No doubt everyone who is anyone wanted to be at that party.

    By the way the pagan ritual(s), nice touch. Are you sure the candles' spontaneous ignition isn't a result of all the intense positive energy now coursing through the string space dimension you occupy?

    Anyway...

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  10. A-list all the way, baby! Unfortunately Kim Kardashian's uterus couldn't make it on account of the whore.

    Upon reflection - yes, that's EXACTLY what happened to the candles. I don't even need matches now I can just look really intently at a wick and it ignites. I'm the Firestarter.

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  11. Wow, if that's your recipe for stew I really hope you cook for me someday! The GE people will be so impressed with the delicacies you turn out. (Are they ready for that jelly? I don't think so.)

    What a delightful party! I expect to see more in the pages of Vanity Fair next month.

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  12. Girl, lovely party, kitchen and all that shit, but what is that divine retro fabric goodness under your bar?

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  13. Fuck you bar carts! <- I second that. I hope you know our cousins just moved down to Chattanooga and will be visiting and when we do I will show up at your door like a stalker with a box of wine and tacos. Are you ready for that sauce??!!

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  14. Alycia - girl, I be a mistress of vintage shiz and found that gem at some thrift store/junk store/garage sale around here for pennies!

    Bri - Bring it! I'll need to prepare myself for all your sauce but I ain't scared!! Don't be turned off by the doormat that says LEAVE or the spiders.

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  15. Your friends are lucky because they get to see you in person on a regular basis. And I'm sure they are just as fabugasmic as you! And I grew up drinking milk from that exact same kind of box. Not sure - maybe my mom slipped some Xanax in there to keep her 5 children from making her scream. I'm glad your party was so glam. Kinda scared at what the props will be for your bathroom bash!

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  16. I know - that's what I keep telling my friends!! Seriously, I'm pretty lucky to have such good friends who are so generous in spirit (except for the cock rings) and prefer drinking "milk" out of boxes too.

    You know, maybe your mom just sprinkled crushed up Xanax on your dinner... Who can tell?!

    I'm sure the party would have been even more glam-er with you there!

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  17. Aw, thanks. Slobbery girl kiss. (that's the kind that involves air so that we don't mess our lipstick)

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