I ended up not working the afternoon at all, which again meant fewer hours than I'd have liked for the day, but it also let me get a few things done before going to the banquet. Meantime, the breakfast was kind of fun. It brought back some waitering memories, that's for sure! Lynette showed me their written-out instructions for breakfast servers, which include delivering food from the right and retrieving plates from the left. I almost asked why they do it backwards, but I decided to just roll with it.
Friday evening's hockey banquet, followed by the usual festivities at Dunbars, were good! That really is a big huge family, and I'm glad it's a family I'm part of. The tradition at Dunbars of presenting an "endowed bar stool" to parents of graduating senior players who've spent lots of time and money at the bar, whether their kids can go out or not, is a great one, and some of my favorite hockey parents have been honored this way.

In between was a fun afternoon at the Sheldrake Point Winery barrel tasting event, thanks to Vanessa being a wine club member there. We got to try several 2011 red wines still in the barrels, and several whites that have just been bottled, and there was a plate of interesting food pairings to accompany it.

I was feeling pretty sleepy last night, after the winery and dinner at the Nines, but I'd promised last night's Pixel DJ I'd get to his show and take some pictures, so I headed back out. Lots of pics, including some I really can't post. :-P Just a brief stop to visit the "Last Exit for the Lost" folks at WVBR on the way home, and I was still going to sleep at about 4. So, it feels later than it is. :-)