TR: Lobster Boil Suprise Party

[drjeff]

Date: 6-6-09

Location: A backyard in Woodstock, CT

Occasion: Suprise B-day party for one of my hygienists (I won't divulge the number for fear of injury )

TR: So one of my hygienists is having a significant B-day mid June, and myself along with her husband and one of our good friends decided that throwing her a suprise B-Day party would be a great idea, and somehow we managed to keep it a secret from her for almost a month (no easy feat considering we had 30 guests - many of whom she see's on almost a daily basis!)

Menu - Lobster (about 50lbs total!), roughly 15 lbs of beef tenderloin, a whole bunch of sides and salads of which I didn't sample because of the lobster and tenderloin And dessert - okay no "real" birthday cake since the other main host/cook is a PHENOMENAL dessert chef and the guest list was about 95% adults! Oh and about 7 cases of various beers as well as a bunch of wine and random mixed drinks

TR:

Token party guest shot

Part of the Main Course

Got Tenderloin??

"Lobster Hot Tubs"

Random Egg Roll Shots - we thought putting a can of "special kitty" next to them would add to the fun! :lol:

Time to eat!

Mmmmm

The birthday girls 5lb Lobster - for reference sake, it's on a regular sized cookie sheet!

Dessert!

All in all a great party if I do say so myself, and it gave me a great excuse to dig out some of my propane powered tailgating equipment after a few months of sitting idle in my storage shed

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Wow it looks like a fun party!!!!

 

[Glenn]

DrJeff knows how to party! Nice work!

 

[Johnskiismore]

WOW that looks great!!

 

[wa-loaf]

Dr Jeff I want to work for you.

 

[Mildcat]

Damn Post Office must have lost my invitation. :angry:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The only thing I see missing in those pictures is me ..

times 2..:dunce:

 

[thetrailboss]

So when is the AZ party?

 

[drjeff]

So when is the AZ party?

It's a suprise :lol:

 

[Geoff]

Three "single serving size" aluminum pans of lobster.

 

[deadheadskier]

What were the weights of the Tenderloins? The one on the left looks particular large; had to have come from an 7/8 up PISMO

 

[drjeff]

What were the weights of the Tenderloins? The one on the left looks particular large; had to have come from an 7/8 up PISMO

I believe they were in the 7-8lb range - not totally sure as I had absolutely nothing to do with those (except eat them ) My jobs were lobsters and beverages for the shin-dig And lets just say that everyone got their fill of crustecean and nobody went thirsty either

 

[Warp Daddy]

Looks like you guys KNOW how to PARTY HARDY !!! Nice job doc

 

[drjeff]

Looks like you guys KNOW how to PARTY HARDY !!! Nice job doc

Thanks Warp. Alot of it has to do with the simple fact that my business partner and I fell that we have a very good staff and like to let them know it a few times a year. It just so happened that this time there was a longtime employee that was having a "significant" birthday, so rather than take the entire office out for a nice dinner (as we usually do this time of year), we took what we would have spent on the dinner and did up the suprise b-day party instead

Let's just say that in the weeks leading upto it, and especially now a few days after that office morale has been through the roof

 

[drjeff]

Three "single serving size" aluminum pans of lobster.

Trust me, I contemplated that exact idea many times as I was loading up those serving pans

 

[Mildcat]

Thanks Warp. Alot of it has to do with the simple fact that my business partner and I fell that we have a very good staff and like to let them know it a few times a year. It just so happened that this time there was a longtime employee that was having a "significant" birthday, so rather than take the entire office out for a nice dinner (as we usually do this time of year), we took what we would have spent on the dinner and did up the suprise b-day party instead

Let's just say that in the weeks leading upto it, and especially now a few days after that office morale has been through the roof

Now I'm jealous, Beer, lobster, and tenderloin and it's all tax deductible. I need to start my own business. Or I could just work for Dr.Jeff. :idea: :razz:

 

[Warp Daddy]

Strangely enough that meal is very close to what we did for every the "graduation ceremony " for the end of each 2.5 day Executive development seminar i taught when in consulting

Lobster& Filet Mignon twice baked potatoes , salads, wine and cheese appetizers followed by open bar and Strawberry Shortcake , Ate that meal twice a week for six straight weeks one summer -- Haven't had a lobster since -- Got the picture ??? LMAO

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

bump!!