Tres Parejas – First Annual 2013

Tres Parejas

July 2013 was the first annual Tres Parejas de Patio reunion. This was a reunion of the “three couples” (ie, tres parejas) of friends that used to all live in Tucson. As the Rottmans and us no longer live in Tucson, this was our (at least) once a year opportunity to spend time together. We spent the weekend at the Holley’s cabin up Mt. Lemmon. “Cabin” is a bit misleading here. It’s a very spacious three-floor home with incredible views in the coolest part of southern Arizona. We all experience 100+ temperatures this time of year in our respective home towns, so the dip into the 60s up Mt. Lemmon was especially inviting.

We each arrived Friday evening. In time for some good food and some even better wine. Dana’s responsibility on this trip included preparation of an array of fine wines. We had multiple bottles paired with each meal. Despite the lack of Vendange, she had some spectacular selections that went well with dinner.

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On Saturday we hiked down to a local restaurant for lunch. The brief hike was a reminder that I really need more exercise. In the evening we had some great Mexican food prepared by Yun. She made enough to feed us for an additional week and included my favorite soup – caldo de queso.

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One of Matt’s responsibilities included procuring the finest of cigars. He did just fine and we had plenty of good smokes. We even had some hookah! Some exceptional port (I generally hate port), sherry, and other spirits complimented the cigars. We had intentions to play cards, but just never got around to it.

We awoke well rested on Sunday to a brunch prepared by Jeff and Beth. There was so much bacon. I was very happy about this. We also had a good time of worship, with some music, creeds, and some time on John 4.

Of course, the highlight of the trip was receiving a very high quality t-shirt memorializing the event (which can be seen in the picture above). My responsibility, and obviously the most important for the trip, was obtaining the t-shirts. The consensus, of course, was that they were much nicer than anyone had expected. And only $20 something each!

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