Another blockbuster year (well, guacbuster).
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- Brandon with his Best Presentation (and Icarus Award) winner, “Guacbuster Video.”
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- …Which had 33 DVDs, each with their own guac pun!
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- …And each with a weird little cup full of guac. These kept falling off. Hence the Icarus Award.
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- My “Guacbusters” entry, featuring a Stay Puft Marshmole Man, and marshmallowy guac.
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- Getting him to stand on legs made of avocados was a challenge.
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- The artwork. I was proud of the little avocado-ghost in the logo.
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- Angela’s “Oysters Guacafeller,” a seafood shack with all the classic stuff — lobsters and… uh, seahorses…
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- Each shell was filled with guac, an oyster, and all the fixin’s! On a bed of ice.
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- Proud Angela, before the shellfish sat in the sun all day. But she won third place for Presentation!
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- Michael Zimmer and his “Wok-amole,” Winner for Best Alternative!
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- He stirred and flipped pepper shakers like Beni Hana himself. (Is that a real person?)
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- Maurissa’s “Ice Guax Pies,” second place in Alternative. They were, as the sign says, delicious.
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- Maurissa’s “Ice Guax Pies,” second place in Alternative. They were, as the sign says, delicious.
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- Rob’s “Pimento Cheese Guacamole,” third place in Alternative. With cracklins!
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- Rob with his Southern belle (not the one he married, just a southern-inspired gauc).
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- Josh and Leithen’s “Bloody Good Guac,” winner of Best Traditional! Made with real blood! Not really.
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- Leithen last won when he was four years old! And look at him now! …He’s the one on the right. Just kidding.
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- Julie’s “Guacadile Dundee,” second place in Traditional. How had nobody done this pun before?! Crikey!
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- …And of course it came with two guacs, one with Vegemite. That’s Australian for “ew.”
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- Caroline’s “Blighty Guacamole,” a British-style guac that took 3rd place in Traditional.
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- Mary’s “Vegan Guacamole Cheesecake,” a rival to the Ice Guax Pies. Friends became foes that day.
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- Mary posing with her vegan pie. It’s funny that we have to specify the guac is vegan at this party.
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- Albert and Anil’s “Desi-Guac.’ I learned “desi” means traditionally-made Indian style, sort of. It’s slang.
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- Albert and Anil, first time entrants who rocked it, only to have one of four fried guacs this year.
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- Jordan & Amanda’s segregation-themed entry, which pitted avocados vs. tomatoes. (Ha, pitted.)
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- There’s gotta be a joke about Brown guac vs the Board of Education? Right? Because their board was educational?
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- Maggie and Ian’s “Miso Guacy,” which included a remix of the rap song, with one word replaced!
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- Shayna’s intricate Guaffles, with 3 sides: cilantro/lime butter, tomato marmalade, and jalapeño syrup!
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- A lot of work, to get all those guac ingredients in there! Was it weird? Maybe. Was it awesome? Yes.
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- Chris’s “Guacco and Bruschetta,” a rare Sacco and Venzetti reference at a Super Bowl party. Electrifying!
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- Andy and Nara’s adorable “Guacking Turtles,” made with Great Grandma Bombach’s avocados!
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- The Desowitz changed it up this year, going with a chicken salad guac, with saltines of course!
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- Bill, Robin and Samantha with their entry. Hey, it looks like Robin is wearing Stay Puft’s hat.
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- The fourth deep fried entry. By Jim, who hilariously gave up on the name. Did everyone get fryers for Xmas?
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- Jared and Hillary’s rockin’ first-timer entry, “Take A Guac On The Wild Side.”
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- Notice the packages of “hard drugs” and “heroin.” Just like Lou Reed would take in his guac.
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- And finally, The Family Little, who each came as an ingredient. Delicious!
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- Steve’s “Deviled Gueggs.” Go easy, he and Brandi ran a marathon Sunday morning.
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- Sean’s “Hush Guackies,” his hush-puppy entry, with two dips. The third fried avocado of the day!
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- People under canopy.
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- Artsy or wrong aperture? Both!
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- Jordan and I hauling in one of two 6-footer sammies.
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- Samantha provided the Girl Scout Cookies.
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- Andy demonstrates how you hold a football. I’m looking at you, Cam Newton.
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- Josh and Leithen accept their Traditional trophy, in a blur of excitement.
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- Zimmer finally hoists the Alternative prize. It was the hat that sealed the deal.
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- And after Angela fixes the aperture setting (my fault), we see Brandon win both Presentation & Icarus!
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- The annual Winner’s Lounge toast… with strawberry-mango Arbor Mist, because I forgot to buy champagne.
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- Brandon flanked by two prizes. And a couple trophies.
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- Zimmer drinks from the bowl of triumph. Tastes like victory, and tarnish!
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- Josh and Leithen celebrating in the Winner’s Lounge shed. The greatest moment for any father and son. In a shed.
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- Past winners, toasting new ones.
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- Smiling ladies.
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- Swept away in the Arbor Mist.
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- There’s nothing guacward about winning three years in a row.
