Because the kitchen and patio renovation project from Hell ended last month (3 years of construction) my husband and I decided it was time to celebrate. The last big party we had given was the wedding for our daughter four years ago. We enjoyed every second of it and I now know why...we had a party planner...Sheila Weiner who handled all the details.
After four years the amount of effort and angst that goes into a party is forgotten and only the good memories remain. Kind of like childbirth which is a good thing. Otherwise we would be a nation of single children families.
Steve and I decided we would each pick a group for whom we would host a party and throw both parties in the same weekend. One tent, one group of flower arrangements, one frantic week of cleaning the house and putting junk away.
My passion is The Andy Warhol Museum. I serve on the Board and love all the members, events and most especially the museum director, Tom Sokolowski. And since this is the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Museum's opening in Pittsburgh, The Museum is planning a "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" Anniversary Bash in March. To get everyone excited I volunteered to host the Inner Circle Members (a group that supports the Museum) and some of our fabulous friends for dinner.
The weather co-operated, we had enough seats for everyone, Andy Warhol showed up as did the fabulous jewelry designer from New York City Jessica Kagan Cushman
who came with Eric Shiner, The Warhol Museum's Milton Fine Curator of Art.
The folks who came were treated to a retro dinner of home style comfort food. Mashed potatoes with gravy....the thick kind, meatloaf, jello mold salad and specialty martinis. The Andy was hot a spicy, the Marilyn soft and breezy and the Mao was whatever you decided it to be.
I'm pretty sure everyone met someone new and had a great time. However the real star of the party was our Chocolate Labrador Daisy who behaved as if she were born to be Pearl Mesta. For more of the fabulous pictures go to the album, Warhol Party.