Persian New Year March 20th, 2006

The first day of spring (March 20th) also happens to be Persian New Year. This year we celebrated the arrival of Noorooz at 10:26am. As soon as the clock struck, I kissed and hugged everyone in my wonderful family. I love Persian New Years because its a great way to spend time with you family, friends and you also get lots and lots of money as gifts from the elderly and not to mention the splendid grub.

There are more pictures but my camera decided to fail and die on me in the midst of preparing lunch. Too bad ... the pics of the food is unbelievable. My mom cooked 4 dishes, plus my favorite soup. The soup was 'Soup eh Jo' which consists of barley, chicken in a delicious white sauce. The main dishes were salmon, rice with sabzi (aka herbs), plain rice, khoreshteh gheimeh (best stew ever!), salad olivea and chicken. It was like thanksgiving all over...

Now, here's a photo diary from Monday's festivities... I'll post more later. I have lots and lots to do at the wonderful world on INTUIT. Enjoy!! Stay classy San Jose!

mom, naazi, cyrus, amir, me and nina
my love Aryana, Naazi and JoJo

My beautiful Grandmother ....

Me and Jouvan. No she's not that much taller than me. She's in heels. =(

Kiss ass with her mommy. waaaaaaawaaa.. just kidding. We love u mom!

The appetizers... Good thing my camera ran out of batteries before lunch or your mouth would really be watering!

The little bananas. I love those lil' guys!

The Hafseen.. which is the official table of Noorooz. Everything has a meaning on this table. Do i wanna get into all that right now? I wish.. If you are interested about the table details click here

My money for Persian New Year.. just the beginning!


Somebody scored big time!!! Aryana looked so cute for New Years. GOD I LOVE MY COUSIN!!

The ladies in the fam...

My grandmother and some of her many children. She's the best mother ever!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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