A Great Weekend

What a memorable Saturday we had this past weekend.  Some friends of ours put on a dinner banquet for about 35 couples.  The location couldn’t have been better.  It was held at the ranch of one of the prior owners of the St. Louis Rams.  (She passed away this past year.)  They liked to host parties at their place and had built a replica of an old west town complete with a mini-hotel and Victorian furnishings. 

A few ladies went early to help with the dinner preparations.  That’s always fun.

Of course we cooked till the last minute, then we explained to the servers what to do and left the kitchen in the capable hands of young people who would be taking care of us the rest of the evening.  We then dashed upstairs to one of the hotel rooms to get ourselves in order.  We descended the long sweeping staircase in a completely different manner than we had ascended, looking composed and refreshed – with no curlers in sight.  Ahhh, this was going to be a grand evening.

We had our picture taken with our husbands in the lobby of the hotel, complete with Victorian furnishings.  Then we followed the boardwalk, that was lined with street lamps, from the hotel to the Opera House where our dinner was to be held. 

To the right of the picture below was the stage where a baby grand piano was set.  The acoustics in the room were excellent.  The lady who had built this loved to sing and her husband was a concert pianist so this room was built with that in mind.

There was a second floor with more tables which we did not use.

The servers did a superb job keeping our  punch glasses filled and good food coming.  The meal was served in four courses.  Each server had a specific table to wait on.  Zachary sailed by our table at one point in the evening and said, "This is fun!"

Oh, my!  That chocolate cake is calling me.  It was good!

We had such an entertaining evening with so many good laughs.  Everyone was able to relax and just enjoy the whole night.

Our servers did a lot of  work.  Wesley not only served but I caught him drying dishes at the end of the night.  Way to go Wesley!  Be a blessing. 

Some stayed in the kitchen all evening washing dishes.  When they got home they needed a nice warm foot bath to ease their tired and sore feet.

But you know all of the servers and kitchen help had the best time, too.  They all remarked on how much they enjoyed it.  I was really glad the young people were asked to be a part of it.  They really shined and did a tremendous job.  I was proud of every one of them. 

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