Miki and Brian Visit Cafe Drake HRV

As summer departs and cooler evenings are encroaching, Cafe Drake cannot stress enough the urgency for viewers to host a casual warm weather dinner party, celebrating all that makes August great. Add a touch of whimsy to the table setting and make sure everyone has just the right amount of too much to drink and stays up a bit too late for a weeknight. September, and its serious back-to-work-and-school urgency will be upon us soon, so laugh in the face of Fall responsibilities one last time and gather with loved ones to wine and dine. Above you'll find pictures of a recent last-minute Cafe Drake dinner with Gold Card member Jenny Lazzaro. Below is the menu for that Sunday evening repast, and another playlist to make your meal easy, breezy and lighthearted.

Salad of Organic Arugula and Fresh Herbs with Rice Wine vinaigrette, Cayenne Toast and Shaved Parmesan

Buttered Noodles
Spanish Beef Stew with Wild Mushrooms
Broiled Homegrown Tomatoes with Oregano Crust

Coffee and Chocolate Mint Wafers

End of Summer Dinner Music (Carefree Insouciant Mix)

(For those of you have asked or emailed recently, yes, Cafe Drake is still planning to post dinner/cocktail party musical podcasts on this site. Thank you for your patience as we search for solutions to uploading and file size dilemmas. For now we present mere playlists, though many, if not most, of the tracks below can be downloaded online - either for a small fee via online music services or perhaps even free for the internet savvy amongst our visitors).

David - Nellie McKay
Dear Lover - Mary Wells
Rag for William S. Burroughs - Matmos
Not for Sale - CocoRosie
Song Song Song - Final Fantasy
Rowan's Theme - Finishing School
A Window - The Radio Department
Where the Streets Have No Name - Pet Shop Boys
Unexpected Violence - Ennio Morricone (Bird with the Crystal Plummage soundtrack)
Crescent City - Emmylou Harris
The Dog Song - Nellie McKay
Penny and Jack - The Essex Green
Big Time - Dada Life
Dog Days - Matthew Dear
Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Florence sur les Champs Elysees - Miles Davis
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie
Your Touch - Mazi Lori
I Parade Myself - Gang of Four
Janine - David Bowie
The Siamese Cat Song - Peggy Lee
Shakespeare's Sister - The Smiths
Crystal - New Order
My Radio (AM Mix) - Stars
Cast Anchor -Hanne Hukkelberg