Illallinen Taivaan Alla / Dinner Under the Sky

Now that the weather finally got chilled in NY, it's nice to look at the pictures from last summer. I love the sunset picnics in Sea Cliff in August. This year we made it there only a couple of times because of travel, weather, and being busy. The first time we went I had registered our dinner for the Finland 100 celebration "illallinen taivaan alla" or dinner under the sky, and served very Finnish picnic fare, i.e. herring, new potatoes, etc. The dinner under the sky concept has become huge in Finland, where people bring tables on the street and sit down with friends, neighbors, sometimes complete strangers. Ours was a very low key Finland 100 celebration due to lack of time to plan properly. However, it was a lovely night and another good summer memory.