Office Christmas Party

The office Christmas party was last weekend.

It was held at the Dallas World Aquarium.
Dancing, dinner, drinks, and casino games.

The high roller of the night "won" 200k.

The Austin and Mo. offices came down for the event.

The principals put them up in the Magnolia Hotel down town.
They extended the offer to those of us in the Dallas office who wanted to spend a night at the Magnolia.

It's next door to Neiman Marcus and the Adolphus Hotel.

We had great views of the surrounding buildings.

The building just across from us was a condominium.
It got us to thinking about who lives down town and what it might be like.

And I was thinking it would be great to live in the West Village area of Up town.
Down town, no need for a car...
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We had brunch the next morning with the Designer and his wife.
Great people.
She used to be a trader in New York.

Just to show that $$$ is just an idea, she used to put millions, tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of dollars on the market with the push of a button...

Some times she even let Designer push the button. (But only when she said, "now".)

I wish we lived in the same city. They are good people.

We may see them next week when we visit Mom and Dad's.
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Zelda and I walked around the hotel and looked in the store windows of Neiman Marcus.
We spoke to a couple of young women walking their dogs. Yes, they live down town and love it.
Neiman's turned 100 this year.

Later that same night, we saw a program on cable featuring the Christmas windows of the big down town department stores. Neiman's was one of them.

Way cool...

Best of all, I got to dance with my beautiful wife at the party!!!