Cafe Thordis & David H Dinner for Ben

Good friend of Thordis A - Ben - popped into town for a week's visit to NYC on break from grad school in Iowa and said Icelandic hostess extraordinaire Ms. Adalsteinsdottir, along with fellow host with the most David Herbert, threw a fondue dinner party for a favorite visiting Midwesterner. Thank Heavens Cafe Drake was invited for the unique hotpot of Irish fondue (fused with Mexican flavors of jalapeno and Monterrey Jack appropriate to Mexican Independence Day), served with heaping bowls of carrots, broccoli and whole wheat bread cubes for dipping. Extra dry Martinis greeted ourselves and fellow guest Brian as we walked through the door. Dozens of cigarettes, delectable bites and various glasses of wine (red, white, bubbly) later, Thordis & David served up palette cleansing bowls of peach sorbet alongside espresso, grappa, brandy and Pimms No. 1. As if we had the right to ask for more, good conversation and party favors and sweet kitty Daphne kept all happy until the wee hours of the morning (school night).