Neighbours for Dinner
cadeaux
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I??ve invited some of my neighbours for Dinner, the ones around my age. One of them gets some records from the Mailman, so let??s see what he??s about...Dinner is:Potato Focchachiasome Antipasti,Trout with Almondscrust on grilled FennelRavioli filled with Figes and Blue CheeseBeefstew in Barolo with Rosemarin PolentaSome Chocolate Almond CakePanna Cotta with a little Green Tea flavour, with some Apple and Figes Ragu.I stayed on the Italian side, because a 6 Course Menu would be too much of a Show-Off. Everything is Handmade ( Main Courses come on Paltes same time).Lets see what this evening will be like...How do you Guys treat your neighbours? Do you get along with them?
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And on the other side, and behind me.... this monstrosity
(apologies to any mormons in the house)
besides that...
GOTTTAMN!! i wish i was your neighbor!!!
why you going all out like that?
do i get along with them? the ones next to me are cool. the ones above me seem to be bitches. been yelling at them a lot.
he seems like a 40+ year old nerd, i think he works something with computers/IT. he always gets packages from amazon and shit and sindce hes often not at home because he has a house in the countryside i take the delivery for him and forward it to him when hes here. hes thankful for that.
he seems to fear people. but other than that he seems rather nice and easy to deal with. never complained about the music in all the years i lived here.
then i have a couple below me, a retired cop and his wife. daughter who lived with them was kinda hot but i think she moved out a year ago or so.
i had a broken wash mashine and flooded her room once. had it repaired and that fucker broke again and flooded 'em a 2nd time. needless to say they were mad as hell. so basically im a terrible neighbor for them but they still greet me.
they upholstered my house though and soon i will have more neighbors in my story, i think there even moved some into one of the two new flats but im not sure.
i will see that there are some in the other flat when i one day step outta my bathroom naked into my kichen and someone from the opposing window sees me. there never was a need for curatins...
I have one next to me. I thnk shes a student, but she was balling last night, and not to sound insensitive but it sounded like a cat in heat. So irritating!
The couple to the right of us are very sweet. They brought us cookies when we moved in.
That menu looks great! A lot of work! Don't stress too much.
Which reminds me I need to start cracking on my menu for my little cocktail party.
Good luck!!
A new woman moved in about 3 months ago and I rang her bell to tell her that anytime my shit is too loud feel free to knock on the ceiling or somethin'. She came to the door in pajamas and she's crazy fine.
There is a single woman who I just borrowed some Fania cd from. I asked her about her vinyl but said she didnt own any. Her husband who just recently moved out bragged to me about his records. I thought maybe he left them. No dice.
Theres a woman and her son,that Im cool w/. She let me check out here chewed up Menudo records.
Her husband had a heart attack while they were fuckin. He left a gang of CDs that she doesnt listen to.
Its mostly pop and euro-pop cause dude was Eastern Euro-somethin'. When I heard how he passed, i was like - "I gotta see what that killer pussy is all about.." The son is your typical Ipod/Limewire kid.
Dude was flabberghasted when saw the turntable in my apt."Oh shit- U know how to scratch?!"
There was a young couple that moved in across the way in another apt building. They didnt have blinds for a minute, so Ive seen shortie bucked-nekkid a couple of times. Even showed a ladyfriend the window show.
They finally copped blinds.
Another lady on my floor is mad cool. Her daughter sometimes smokes weed w/ her thugged out boyfriend and bumps the HELL out of the radio. My building is old and strong. It takes alot of volume to hear your neighbors music. They go crazy once in a blue moon.
There a dude to the right of me who I never see. Every once in a while Ill hear some radio reggaeton.
Dude keeps on the low. Weirdo alert IMO.
The dude to the left of me has been here for about a year. He's cool but sometimes looks spaced out.
I wouldnt have either of those dudes over for a drink or dinner.
Then the vietnam vet dude across the hall from us broke my dads nose while he was living with us with a telephone book after knockin' on the door cause my mom talked shit to his son.
There was this one couple though who there was something kinda wrong with, they both might have been schizzo but they had this daughter who was my age and I always thought was amazing cause she took care of them.
As a kid I couldn't really figure it out, but as an adult I know now the father was mentally handicapped. My dad gave him rides to the factory after we saw him riding his daughters pink little kids bike with the basket to work on route 1.
Now its just kids! I never seem to meet their parents lol. The other day I was walking with a bucket of cookies from some work function and the kids were like ooooo whaddya got! And I just held the shit out like toma I can't eat this shit! And as soon as I put out the bucket they went, no no NO THANKS! Like they should, cause they know better, I just hate feeling like some creepy dude livin' alone who can't just give some kids on his block cookies. But having never seen the 'rents it never brings who we are into focus. Damn, I can't eat all those cookies somebody gave them to me in the first place!
Somebody busted my window last month and some fiend keeps sleeping in my car. It feels so strange. Only takes coins, but goes through all my shit and leaves it a mess. Showed me some cds I forgot I had, and found a hospital bill I was looking for, but it feels so violating.
Neighbors in NJ, ahhhh its probably why all I can think of when I saw this threads title was cannibalism!
If I wasn't afraid of losing such a great apartment I'd serve him up a knuckle sandwich.
I'm right with you on that one, and I hate it in my house, let alone creep into my bedroom!!! I don't understand people who smoke inside their homes?. Gross.
/rant
huh?
Nah, dude. We do that ourselves and the scent is gone within minutes. It's cigarette smoke that lingers and stinks the place up. It comes up from under our kitchen and bathroom sinks.
Rent wouldn't even be worth payin' without a little
when I get home
what kind of house/home is this?
70s apt building. There are holes cut in the wood for the pipes to come through, which is where the smell emanates from. I'm guessing he throws the butts in a trash can under his sink. I've seen him smoking in his doorway, though, and he saw me see him. He's just being a stubborn dick at this point.
One the other side we have 60 year old guy who walks his Poodle with a cigar and a glass of Scotch on ice.
He loaned me a deck drill when I was building a deck and told the HOA to get off our ass when they started riding us for permits and documentation for every freakin scew we used.
I never throw my butts in the trash. the shit just mixes w/ the garbage to make a lethal fonk.
I dump my ashtray in the toilet. I dont think that to envior-friendly but my apt doesnt wreak.
This pretty much describes the blockhead that lives behind me. Spent the better part of two years rebuilding his house, starting way too early in the morning and going on way too late at night. Eventually one of the other neighbors started siccing the cops on his ass on the reg, so much so that he came around door to door asking what a "suitable time" was for him to work. Very passive agressive, and ironically the neighborhood busybody. F*cking douche.
The folks across from us on one side are pretty nice, the people on one other side are cool. There's one house directly across the way that have never said a word in the five years we've been here. It may be because they appear to be running an unlicensed daycare out of their house.
Along with colour.
Also, my elevator is a "lift" and my apartment is a "flat".
All good, that menu looks delicious. I've only got one neighbour and they're just hippy types. I was making beats one day with the window open and the guy was all "Cool man, I make psy-trance..."
My first real neighbour experience was, when that woman next to me asked me to help to attack another guy in the House who kept the other crazy woman in his Freezer, she said. after that experience she went for "Holidays". needles to say the frozen neighbour came back from holidays, too.
it happened where I live now, so I thought I give it one more shot.
Food was good, perfect COLOURS and FLAVOURS, we had wine and Beer, and when we ran out of booze, the Owner of the Bar next Door gave us a bottle of Wine for free. happy Day!
The people are nice, the Guy with the Records collects Punk, and wouldn??t take a glimpse in my records... but he??s allright.
It was worth it, let see how summer wil be.
Second floor woman is pretty cool. Keeps to herself, but often leaves her front door ajar so I find her two cats hanging outside my front door sometimes. I bought cat treats for them. They seem to like me.
Don't know the people to my left. We share a deck, and they've had the same bag of trash on it since I moved in seven months ago. There's also a grill out there. If I didn't see their lights on sometimes, I'd swear the place is abandoned. I think they're just really shy, cooking meth or growing herb. I don't mind. It means they stay off the deck.
People below them are a dude I went to high school with and his girlfriend. I realized he lived there after I moved in. Interesting coincidence, since I grew up near Logan Airport and now live on the complete opposite side of the city.
Dude below them is cool. We mainly just smile and nod.
Everyone is pretty friendly, but we mainly keep to ourselves. I like it that way.