Holiday Festivities!

'Tis the season for Holiday Festivities, and beginning with Thanksgiving, we have had more holiday celebrations this year than ever before!

We attended the Northwest Flight Attendant luncheon on Friday, December 4th. It was held in San Francisco at the North Beach Cafe restaurant. The food was excellent and there was a great turn-out. It was good to see friends that we don't see very often, and Lee had fun catching up with both retired and still-working flight attendant friends.

Friday, the 11th, we attended the newly combined Delta/Northwest Stations Christmas dinner dance that was held at the Hyatt Regency by the airport. That's a pretty dressy affair, so a good excuse to go shopping for party wear! Lee came shopping with me, and I ended up with two mix/match skirt and top outfits and a pair of pointy-toe shoes! It was fun!
The dinner was buffet-style and very good! There were drawings for door prizes (we didn't win) and everyone attending got a little gift. We each got a bottle of wine. There was a great band and we did a lot of dancing. It was great fun, and we'll definitely be attending next year!

Sunday we met Jon, Sue and Jacob in San Francisco for our annual lunch or dinner and event holiday celebration. This year it was lunch (at the North Beach Cafe) and then we went to Beach Blanket Babylon, that San Francisco event, for their holiday show. It was terrific! I'd never seen the holiday show before and they did a great job. I think that most of us enjoyed all of the singing/dancing/irreverent skits on current events. Jon and Jacob, not so much....
I think we'll let them pick the venue for next year's Christmas! :)
It was great to see them, and catch up on what's going on in their lives. Jacob is a freshman at El Cerrito High, and is really enjoying learning to speak/read/write Japanese! Jon is the construction manager for a new building under construction on Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, and really enjoying that challenge. Sue is keeping busy with her business, although it's slowed down due to the economy, she had loyal clients who keep working coming her way.

Tuesday we're going to the AirWest Christmas potluck and white elephant gift exchange, which is always a lot of fun. There are about 15 of us, so the gift exchange should be interesting!

And then, next on our agenda, is getting organized and packed for our upcoming trip to the Pacific Northwest to see all of our kids/grandkids/great granddaughter, for the holidays! We're really looking forward to that, and we'll take lots of pictures for our Christmas post.

At the Northwest Flight Attendant luncheon in San Francisco.

Jacob, Jon and Sue, outside of Club Fugazi, waiting to go in to see Beach Blanket Babylon. Sadly, we forgot to take pictures at the restaurant, so we don't have one of all of us together.

This group of ladies from the Red Hat Society were also waiting to see Beach Blanket Babylon. Lee asked if he could take their picture. As I was standing in the interminable line for the ladies room, I discovered that they were from Half Moon Bay!