Oh what a day it was ….perfect weather and a Mediterranean culinary brunch with 52 fun loving people. Some faces were new and yet others were familiar from a previous gathering or trip. But everyone was smiling and the energy of enthusiasm and friendliness filled the glass window, open aired patio at Lucca Café in Irvine on June 1st. Besides the sparkling champagne flute and warm smooth cappuccino, the meet and mingle was buzzing as individuals shared stories of their exploration of the 6 countries and 10 ports that this Mediterranean cruise will have in store for us all.
As guests arrived and got settled at their white linen tables, Roger helped with introductions and welcomed everyone on behalf of himself and his first mate partner, Diana. Following were recognitions and thank yous for some key support crew who helped along the way in assisting Diana. Since the brunch was buffet style, more conversations and mingling occurred as the time progressed.
Our Master of Ceremonies Roger, introduced our Travel agent Alex Kuncio for the interactive FAQ portion of our upcoming cruise.( Be sure you check out the blog for the details of the specific questions and answers as they are now posted). Next Roger continued with a quick review of the handouts, the goodie bags that were given out and a door prize raffle concluded the event. Oh what a wonderful and fun time to kick off our cruise.
In attendance were: Alex Kuncio, Karen, Mike and Robin Allison, Marlene Beatty, Sheila Goodbrand, Wendy Brown, Kim Eckes, Marty Bryant, Marsha Burgess, Michele Lovenduski, Russell Cobb, Pat ‘Tricia’ Fierro, Linda Mc Cue, Elliott & Carole Ghertner, Stella Hacker, Judy Thatcher, Sean Hagerty & Andrea Babby, Sally Hooper, Norm & Wendy Kilgore, April Layman, Jim Mies, Michael & Jo Mary Murphy, Jan Noce, Patty Flanagan, Scott & Liddy Paulsen, Carol Quackenbush, Kay Tindel, Judy Rez, Lesley Stearns, Pamela Shaffer, Perry ‘Thor ‘ Soderberg, Gary & Cindy Street, Dell & Laura Tredinnick, John & Lois Tucker, , Dawna Finley, Buzz and Karen Vaughn and a few special guests Garth Nelson, Rose Anderson, Rose Pere, (Ross Moodie get better!) and of course your host Diana and Roger!
Oh on a final note…there were many photos taken from the brunch and the attempt to place a slideshow on the blog was made. But, I believe there was more photos than our cruise blog could manage. So check your Inbox…you’ll get invited to view it with another option. Special thanks to Norm Kilgore, Sean Hagerty, Karen Vaughn and Jan Noce for their photo contributions.
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Hopefully you all received an invitation from Snapfish to view our Meet & Greet Brunch photo album.
I am currently in Sonoma Valley in North California. But if you didn't get it and can't find it in your Spam or Junk Folder. Send me an email and I'll resend it to you once I get back into Laguna. Thanks!
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