09/05/2026
Rewind to a Longtable Dinner back in July 🐦
Flora, fauna, and a lifetime of best friends gathered at the ranch for an elegant longtable dinner to celebrate my (Blue Sky Friend Lori) 50th birthday in July🌞🩵🐦
*My birthday is actually in August, but around here it books up fast (I booked in February /26) so I had to take what I could still get!! 🤍🩷
✅️How to Longtable:
1. Book your accommodations using blueskyvacationranch.ca (the ranch is a VRBO). I wanted to accommodate all of my out of town (and local) besties!! There is also camping available, but my friend group does NOT 'rough it!' 🤣
2. Book a caterer. Annie Fischer from Hague was my top choice! For my birthday meal, I chose seafood pasta, chicken pasta, a salad buffet, and delicious bread 💛
The signature dessert was rollkuchen (with fresh-picked Saskatoon berries from our orchard)🫐. We cooked rollkuchen on site in the traditional Mennonite meigrope ( deep frying in an outdoor copper kettle). And of course...we had watermelon 🍉 (Rollkuchen + watermelon= tradition!)
3. I rented linens, wine glasses, and other miscellany from 306 Party Rentals. I collect vintage dishes and flatware, so I could easily outfit 30 place settings ...if you're not a dish- hoarder, you probably want to rent those 🤣
4. Entertainment. I booked our ranch friends 'Thursday Night Special'. A FABULOUS local band to set the mood and play all of our favorites!
** Thursday Night Special isn’t on the socials, so message here to get their info!
***My son Noah and his friends jammed to entertain us for our second night at the ranch. They are a nameless band, but much love to them for playing 90's grunge to satisfy the old-parent-friend-group💛
✅️ Message us for details to book your next gathering, celebration, work event, professional development day, or general escape from the city🌞