I had probably the most spectacular night with my associates at Shakespeare within the Park. Each summer season Shakespeare Dallas produces two William Shakespeare reveals carried out on the Samuell-Grand Ampitheater simply south east of downtown Dallas. You get to take a picnic and wine and revel in theater the identical means they might have had Shakespeare’s time: below the celebs. It’s positively magical! Really, what might be a extra Rose Desk occasion than that?!
Disclaimer: a number of years after my first article raving about Shakespeare Dallas, the corporate employed me to do their PR. In the event you didn’t know, I work as a publicist once I’m not writing about meals.
The Wine
I feel this could be the prettiest bottle of rosé I’ve ever seen. Sadly, the chilled glass was a bit frosty to actually seize the great thing about the etched roses in footage however belief me, it’s beautiful. I had excessive hopes for this wine, because it has the proper gentle blush colour of all of my favourite rosés and because it’s made in Provence, France – two good indicators! This was my first time consuming Danica Rosé and I used to be fairly impressed. It’s a pleasant, tart rosé with notes of cantaloupe and peach. I’ll undoubtedly purchase this pretty wine once more!
The Meals
I wished a brilliant straightforward make-ahead picnic as a result of I knew I might have a busy workday on Friday. I made the cookie dough at some point, baked the cookies the subsequent, then all I needed to do was make pasta salad within the morning and pack it up in my beautiful customized Rose Desk tote by King of Handmade. Really easy! I additionally took blue hydrangeas in a light-weight gold vase and my favourite rose picnic blanket.
Menu
Pimento Cheese and Crackers
Cherries
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
A lot Ado Cookies
Pimento Cheese and Crackers
If Ina Garten taught me something, it’s that you simply don’t need to make each single factor from scratch to be an important entertainer. I bought this insanely creamy pimento cheese by Bodega Provisions on the farmers market and determined to take it on the picnic with crackers for a simple appetizer. Yum!
Cherries
I’m a sucker for contemporary cherries. I gobble them up all summer season lengthy!
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
This would possibly simply be the most effective pasta salad I’ve ever made. It simply turned out completely. With tons of contemporary herbs, creamy feta cheese, artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, and a lemon zest dressing, it’s a easy however elegant mixture and solely takes minutes to stir collectively. Get the recipe right here.
A lot Ado Cookies
This whimsical twist on my Chocolate Walnut Cookies has pistachios, white chocolate chips, and darkish chocolate chips. The result’s candy, salty, critical, enjoyable, and a bit chaotic – identical to A lot Ado About Nothing! The perfect half? These cookies keep good and gentle all week lengthy. Get the recipe right here.
The Present
Shakespeare Dallas by no means disappoints! This manufacturing of A lot Ado About Nothing subverted Shakespeare expectations by setting the traditional comedy within the Seventies at a Hawaiian resort that means in fact the costumes are implausible. The present even featured 70’s music and a few dance numbers that had the viewers tappin’ their toes. It’s an action-packed, high-energy manufacturing and the group went wild.
It was really probably the most spectacular evening with my associates below the celebs. Go see it! Love theater as a lot as I do? You’ll want to take a look at my Midsummer Evening’s Dream get together, Romeo & Juliet dinner, and SIX the Musical get together!
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Comfortable picnicking,
