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This week’s game night, Kabobs and College, was a tribute to plunging into adulthood. I’m about to run full force into 27 and figured I’d bravely attend with an 813 identifier. I could tell the swap affected more than me as it was significant (or shocking) enough to be suggested as a dinner dedication. We ran with it.

Each guest arrived wearing their favorite (or most readily available) college tee, something to grill, and something to ice. And as I looked around, I witnessed much more than the obvious greatness of our group, I witnessed the grown up-ness of our group.

Although hamburger and natty light college staples were present, the grill was dominated by veggie kabobs, fish fillets, and Boca burgers. We even passed on the previously proposed card games to gather around the TV, watch the NFL draft, and patiently await Tebow’s placement. Simply put, tonight was a ‘bommin’ success!

The resurgence of elementary school fads is upon us and I like it. I like it so much, in fact, that I’m going to take any opportunity to rock a romper, tie my hair to the side, and (most importantly) whip out a board game. Tonight will be the first of many game night blog entries in which a theme and main course recipe will be posted.

The theme for tonight: Games and Gumbo. The game has yet to be determined as my guest list, rather lack of guest list, is a bit disorganized. The main course, however, is not disorganized and was prepared last night in total Type A fashion.

In my search for the perfect game night gumbo, I found the spectrum of recipes to be infinite. Once again, guidance was provided by one of my go-to websites, cookinglight.com, where I found a Shrimp and Crab Gumbo that wouldn’t cause an instant coronary clog.