My Old Kentucky Home

Some of you may or may not know....but there are few things in this world that I get really excited about ... one of those things is planning an event .. be it small or grand ...I, Dominique Cavazos love to plan. The other is the Kentucky Derby. Way back when I was asked to volunteer at an event called Derby Day ... at the time I had absolutely no idea what any of this was about. All I knew was that I needed a large hat to wear that day in order to be festive.. hmmm. So on that first Saturday in May I showed up at the Hilton in College Station and walked into a ballroom to get some volunteer hours on my sheet .... little did I know that an obsession would be born.

As far as I could see into the room there was not a single lady that did not have a beautifully crazy hat on .... and I fell head over heels for this wacky southern tradition. I have since dreamed of the day when I will be able to sit in a "box" at Churchill Downs sipping on a mint julep and watch the most exciting 2 minutes in sports first hand. Until then I will spread the word of this oh so fabulous event and host "watch parties." This year I hosted a Mother's Day / Derby Day luncheon that went off without a hitch!

There is nothing that I enjoy more than to plan a party .... I obsess for months....weeks...days .... I special order crazy things (and rush the delivery; thanks again Phil :) and it is incredibly important to me that every detail is taken care of ....

With that said here are some pictures of this past weekend (I am sad that I didn't get to take all of the pictures that I wanted to take ... but I figure there will be another Derby Day at the Cavazos House and I will surely get all my pictures in...before I start drinking mint juleps)

 This was our "bar" area in the kitchen ... self serve!

The silver cups are Mint Julep cups ... you don't serve a mint julep unless it's in this cup .... these were the special ordered ... rush delivery purchase ... they are silver plated and I want to drink everything out of these ... hmmm maybe I'm onto something

 Baskets that I made for every Mama to take home along with an arrangement of roses...

I call these "naked" Bourbon Balls ... pre-dip

Post dip ... yum :)

Our permanent "Mama" gallery ... these were some of our favorite pictures

My little brother ... after the race ... he drew the winning horse ..

 and just some basic derby decoration ...

I am already pumped about next year ... I am picking out recipes ... and looking at venues ... so very excited can't wait :)