Crabfest 2013!

I can’t believe how fast this weekend flew by! We had a pretty great and busy one. Saturday we hosted our second annual Crabfest soiree! It was a huge success and everyone had a great time! We headed down into DC around 11am and arrived at The Wharf a little before noon. We had the routine down from last year so we headed straight for the crab legs! We ordered 20 pounds of the large crab legs, 5 pounds of shrimp and 4 dozen medium female blue crabs. The prices are great there too, we paid $170 for the crabs, $50 for the shrimp and $1 a crab for the whole ones! Last year we made a real morning of it and looked around for a bit, then got a steaming hot bowl of the freshest clam chowder and sat by the water and relaxed! We were just so anxious to get back to Lily this year that we wanted to be in and out! Not to mention it was almost 90 degrees out! They steam and flavor all of your seafood for you right there, so about an hour and a half later we were on the road heading back home! You can also take it home frozen and cook it yourself, but it’s much easier to have them do it! Here is a picture of Mr. Tan Lines at the front of The Wharf!

We also cooked a classic shrimp boil for everyone, something that is very common in the south, but most of our friends hadn’t experienced! We cooked shrimp, 10 ears of corn and about 10 pounds of small red potatoes in a huge pot seasoned with cajun packs. This turned out great, everyone enjoyed the shrimp and potatoes! We are actually serving this same dish at our rehearsal dinner! The restaurant where we are hosting it will do all of the cooking, but we can’t wait, it’s going to be delicious!

All in all it was yet another successful hangout with all of our friends, can’t wait until next year! :)

We also introduced Miss Lily to all of our friends which was also a success! She just loves people and everyone thought she was so great! :) She was so worn out by the end of the day; she even slept in with us on Sunday!