March of Dimes Dinner

Now it's time to play catch-up. This dinner actually occurred on Monday night, August 18, 2008 on the 5th floor of St. Mary's Cancer Center. We captured outstanding views, tasty drinks, and ate delicious morsels in 10 seperate courses. And subsequently traveled away thoroughly stuffed.

The initial view was outstanding, looking across Grand Rapids we viewed change taking place. New buildings and renovations of older buildings are slowly transforming the skyline.

As night fell, a stunning sunset fell across the sky.

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We consumed this brushetta as part of our second appetizer. While socializing we tasted tuna, steak, crab, and other delicacies carefully arranged.

The salad. Completely edible - except the plate.

After salad arrived soup, (insert anything I've forgotten to list here), scallops with polenta, steak with potatoes, a cheese sampler, and dessert .

And boy, did we love that dessert.

Normally I'm not a big fan of pastries, but this chef baked (is that what pastry chefs do?) gooood.

This was NOT your typical hospital food!

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So in addition to eating we...

socialized.

stood satisfactorily for pictures.

assembled to meet new friends.
Naomi rather liked Chef Will Read.

I'm thinking they shared that feeling.

Thank you, John and Rennae, for such a fantastic and filling time.

(and thank you, dad and linda, for watching adalynn so we could have such a fantastic time!)