My tablescape is very late in getting posted but oh well we had a chance to do something fun and we took it!
My husband was given some tickets late this afternoon to an awesome venue in our area! It is an outdoor amphitheater with wonderful acoustics! We love to attend concerts here but have not been to one in over 2 years! We were lucky enough to have been given 6 seats so we invited some of our best friends to come along with us.
This theater is one where you bring a picnic and set up a tray table or if you are lucky like we were, your tickets include a table that is set up and ready for you to decorate and use. Since these tickets were very last minute I did not have time to do my usual catering that I would have done. Costco and Publix were my best friends today! I purchased some wonderful roast beef and cheese at the deli and a bowl of fruit salad from Publix. Then ran to Costco and bought this marvelous Greek pasta salad they make, a shrimp appetizer, some assorted cheeses, croissants, cheesecake and some roses.
I literally flew home, put together some roast beef and cheese croissant sandwiches, cut up the cheeses and packed the cooler with all the food and wine. Grabbed a white tablecloth and runner, plastic flatware, paper plates and napkins. Threw together a flower arrangement and we jumped in the car to head toward the concert! (We had so much food it did not all fit on the table at the same time so some of it is not pictured)
Fabulous Fruit Salad from Pubix 
My quick flower arrangement (Just some roses and greens thrown into some floral foam!)
Fresh Mozzarella from Costco and tomatoes from our garden drizzled with olive oil, basil and pepper and adorned with Greek olives.
Awesome cocktail shrimp – yummy!
Everything worked out great! The one thing that I was not able to use were my candles. There had been some new rules put into place since the last time I attended a concert, no "open" flames allowed. You could bring candles but they had to be contained. Apparently someone set their hair on fire a few years ago so they put some new rules in place! Not knowing this I had brought this awesome candelabra for the table but did not use it. It worked out fine because we had so much food there was no room on the table for all of it. Unfortunately I did not get very many pictures, we were rushed getting set up and we were MUCH too hungry!
The concert was Christopher Cross and America! Do you remember them? Christopher Cross had hits like “Sailing and the theme from the movie Arthur". America had 30 albums and hits such as A horse with no name, I need you, Ventura Highway, Sister Golden Hair …. It was a blast from my past, I have to say. All but one of the band members has been with America for over 35 years! I was laughing at the fact that I could sing almost every word to some of the songs (that I have not heard for YEARS) but I can not remember simple things like where I just put my keys! Amazing!
We had a great time getting together with friends! Sometimes last minute surprises are the best!
Well I am tired, way too full and my tablescape is very late getting posted but I had fun!
Have a blessed week!
Karyn
Thank you to Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for hosting TableScape Thursday! She is celebrating her First Year Blogoversary, so head on over and pay her a visit! She is a very talented lady and a wonderful person!
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