Around the same time of the holidays, trivia team member and local blogger Paul completed his third plate, so we all gathered to celebrate both occasions at the Flying Saucer.
After the trivia team party, the sister and I headed to Esther’s house for a potluck style holiday party, complete with Dirty Santa presents. When our friends downtown do a potluck party, they do it up right! With prosciutto wrapped asparagus, deviled eggs, stuffed mushrooms, meatballs, antipasto platter, homemade pasta, eggrolls, and more – we had quite the feast. And don’t forget the bottles of wine, fun beers, and dispensers with all kinds of festive cocktails!
After everyone had their first rounds of food and imbibed a few cocktails, it was time to start the gift exchange. I won’t bore you with the whole process, but needless to say, there was lots of laughter, stealing, hiding presents, and making deals. There were presents of all sorts – bottles of wine, games, food items, lip gloss, Playboys, cozies, lottery tickets, and a…. toilet seat?!? Some of the more popular ones that were stolen over and over again were a Partini board game (which I ended up with!), a beer hammer, and a chocolate cutting board. What a fun holiday night downtown!!
The last holiday celebration I attended was the South Main Association and Downtown Neighborhood Association joint party, which was in the basement of the new Metro 67 apartment complex. What a nice building, complete with a media room and party rooms downstairs! There was a live band playing music and a small buffet with food from local restaurants. After a tasting of the food, a couple of drinks, and a round of foosball, we called it a night.
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