Holiday Party Hangover

December 16, 2007 · Filed Under Partying · Comments 

Last night was our company holiday party. 10 years ago the Christmas party was Me, the boss and our wives having dinner at TGI Fridays. Our party is now held at Mandalay Bay, has over 500 guests and requires months of planning. I’d say we’ve come a long way.

We started out having a few cocktails and then everybody was called to their seats for dinner. Before dinner was served they showed a pretty cool presentation of some accomplishments the company has had this year. Our CEO and President then took turns congratulating different teams and departments for some more specific projects and accomplishments.

The dinner was quite tasty. It was the first time I had ever had lobster bisque. It was excellent. I’m always amazed at how dinner can be served for over 500 guests and the food comes out hot and doesn’t taste like cardboard. I tip my hat to the people who make that happen.

After dinner they had some drawings for gift cards and an iPod Nano. Then a live band took the stage. They are apparently a lounge act from Caeser’s Palace. Taking nothing away from them as a band, I think it would have been better to have a DJ instead. We tried to tip the band $15 to play some Twisted Sister. They handed us our money back.

We had some more cocktails and then had more cocktails. After that, I think we may have had a couple more cocktails. As the party started to thin out, we headed up to a suite where about 20 of us hung out and had some more cocktails and a few shots of tequila.

Around 1 AM we left the party and stopped by the Forty Deuce night club to try and find some more folks from work who were hosting a get together. There was a line to get in, but I was able to talk my way past the line. I was pretty happy with myself about that. Unfortunately, once we got inside, the place was JAM PACKED and we weren’t able to find who we were looking for. We decided to call it a night and we headed back to our hotel room. I passed out almost instantly.

We woke up this morning around 8:30. I had a pounding headache and my stomach was doing cartwheels. I was in that weird spot where I thought I would feel better if I threw up. Instead we got dressed and headed home. I had a little bit to eat and took some Advil. thankfully, I started feeling better right away.

I spent some time going through all the photos I took at the party. You can see most of them on Flickr.

I had a great time at the party. I don’t even mind the hangover.

John & Chris Chris & Sarah Nita & John John Joe, John & James Sean, Chris & Lisa

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