Guess it’s Christmas Coming Down….

December 20, 2011









Guess it’s Christmas Coming Down….

Our post holiday bike tour included a couple of more holiday parties held on the same evening as the bike tour. As is often the case there were multiple engagements happening simultaneously and we did our best to cover them all. We checked out of the bike tour just a bit early to head over to the holiday party thrown by our neighbors who live across Fogarty Street from us, Dan & Ann. It was another in a month-long series of parties and holiday events.

Ann & Dan





Suzy Jo & Andy

Dan & Ann always throw a great holiday party, this year they once again included a pig roast as part of the festivities. This was just a part of the huge spread of food and drinks that were featured at the party. There are always a ton of interesting people at their party and we always meet cool and interesting people there and this year was no exception. The only downside is that we couldn’t stay as long as we would have liked because we had yet another holiday party.



Mark



The final party of the evening was the annual holiday party at our favorite bar, The Porch. The Porch’s second Christmas party was another excellent and fun gathering. They went all out in creating a fun Christmas atmosphere. They had our friend Santa (Chad) on hand and this year even had a snow making machine that made for a cool snowy winter wonderland.









They had special holiday beers on tap and a plethora of the fun, eclectic and happy clientele. The Porch is fun because they not only have great beer and wine, they also have one of the coolest staffs on the island. We love hanging out at the Porch especially the wonderful and creative parties that they host like the holiday party.









Their holiday party was for the benefit of their patrons but their staff holiday party was held the next night and rather than going to the porch for the party, the Porch employee party came to us; or at least across the street to Dan & Ann’s place where they enjoyed the leftover booze and food from the previous night’s party. The Porch staff arrived via a rented trolley and we headed over to say hi to our friends. It was only one stop in what was certainly a fun if not debauchery filled evening, but we hung out while they stopped across the street.

Liz, Chad, Joanie & Michael







We were invited to hop on and join the fun, but after weeks of partying almost every night and knowing that work beckoned us the next morning, we opted out. I know it was a long, fun and crazy night and I get slight pang of regret for not joining in, but I lived to party (and work) another day.







Michael & Liz