I've got tagged and now I welcome you into my house !

Thanks to Mr Condescending, I wrote this latest post ...

Invitation to our Pink Party (dresscode ; what do you think ?) at 8PM, our place ....

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I know, some of you my raise some eyebrows now, but I've done some 'dresscode' parties in the past and it may look silly in the beginning but FABULOUS on those pictures ... !!

Hey, come in and be our guests for the night ...Wow, you guys and girls look amazing !

Let's have a drink and toast to everybody and the good life we are living and to be surrounded by such good friends...

This was the hardest thing to show you guys .... we have LOADS of music and both hubby and me are music freaks. We buy our i-tunes from time to time but still prefer the real thing.

I guess we don't have a particular style ; we love anything from Led Zeppelin to Mozart, 60-ies music aswell as 80-ies music, OST's or loungy ... you name it !

And we can't forget some good Belgian groups like dEUS, Hooverphonic or Soulwax ...

Take a look and enjoy ... whatever you want to hear, we will play it with pleasure for you.

That's the reason I asked a friend to be our DJ for the night.

These are my recently bought dvd's ; still have to watch them or re-watch them...(can't wait to see Saturday Night Fever again !)

In our house, books can be found everywhere !

I always tell hubby we need extra lives to read all the books we have.

I like reading bio's - books on trending topics and I also love reading magazines.

The one mag I bought since the day it was published over more than 10 years ago, is LIVING.

It reflects who I am ...every time it comes out and I see it on a bookstand, my day just can't go wrong.

It really makes my day. I buy a lot of magazines but eventually I throw them away or give them to friends so they get into a recycling circle. Remember, every piece of paper used to hang on a tree. LIVING magazine is the only one I keep ; I still have all issues and by now I guess I must have something like 75. It comes out every 2 months. So, be my guest and take a look at them...a smile will appear on your face ...

This is my all time fav book : it's Salt on our skin and it's written by Benoîte Groult.

She's a feministic writer and that reflects the stories in her books. The women are strong characters but without losing their classy femininity.

I just LOVE bread ...almost as much as my first cup of comfort in the morning.

I had to think about what I would serve my guests but I have to say that I'm in love with Italian food an the way it's prepared. Food is love, so watch out !!

The good thing is that Italians are masters in 'honest cooking' ..each ingredient is seen and it's not covered up with heavy sauces. That's why I'd like to start with all kinds of freshly baked breads and little cups filled with the richest of olive oils. You just dip the bread in ... no knives to spread butter ; just use your hands and try the various oils and breads ...

A great starter is freshly made fishsoup. Look at all those treasures from the sea.

It's a full bowl of deliciousness and saltiness...I would serve this in little cute bowls, not too big - just a handful. The bread that is available around the house can be used to dip in it.

The great thing about those little bowls is - people can walk around the house, onto the terrace and back in, mingle and get to know each other ...

Italians eat their pasta before their main course and this is what I would like to offer you too.

Simple and pure ingredients ; linguine cooked 'al dente' and just moist and greasy enough due to the freshly made (green) pesto.

The food is accompagnied by an Amarone wine ...This wine is special cause it's made of dried grapes but nevertheless doesn't taste sweet. It has great 'body' ...

As a main course I would make 'Anatra con broccoli' or duck breast with broccoli ...

For all my UK blogosphere friends a little 'clin d'oeil' cause the recipe is originally made with Worcestersauce. Italians change this ingredient to Balsamico but I prefer the original one.

The picture shows us how crisp and juicy the duck meat must be ... Now, I won't forget any vegetarian to be my guest ; they can enjoy the pasta and all the veggies in this course too ...

This must be my favourite dessert of all time : espuma. I've learned to appreciate this heavenly foamy 'dolci' in a sympa little resto in Antwerp and every time I came in to have dinner at the place, I always made sure the last one was reserved for me .....

Music will be loungy late night - Hotel Costes and Blue Blot ... to end this warm evening, we will smoke cigars on our terrace with a view of the Museum in front of us ...