Chahar Shanbeh Soori on Saturday

Our anniversary usually coincides with chahar shanbeh soori. Of course, even though chahar shanbeh soori is supposed to take place on Tuesday evening, the event is usually observed on a weekend in America as a matter of convenience. Much like 13-bedar that for some reason is always observed on a Sunday! It was an amazing evening outside where two or three thousand Persians danced to the tunes of DJ delbar, and oh, yes, some even took part in fire-hopping, where they exchanged their "yellowness with the redness of the fire!" The other amazing thing is how the typical Persian-American teen who can not speak a word of Persian to save her life can so masterfully lip-synch to the tunes of Kamran and Hooman and every other Persian pop star from LA! We met up with Malahat and Ehsan, as well as Nima Heirati and his fiancee and Pouya Aflatooni (Niloufar's brother).
Here are a couple of pictures from the memorable evening: