Our friend Aubrey works for the Seattle Opera and frequently invites us to events for BRAVO Club—the arts organization for Opera patrons under the age of 39. We’re not currently patrons, but I feel like we might as well be. We fully support their parties.
Last night’s event was a silent auction at the Arctic Club Hotel, a beautiful historic 1900 hotel downtown. I’ve decided that I want to take Todd there someday for a little romantic ‘getaway’. Perhaps for an anniversary of sorts. Speaking of, our anniversary of getting engaged is approaching. But I digress….
There were delicious hors d’oeuvres, complimentary wine (to help boost peoples’ bidding confidence, i think), a vocal performance by one of the young opera artists, and a dance party to finish out the evening.
We placed bids on a McCormick & Schmicks gift certificate, 2 hours of dance lessons, and an Xbox game giftpack. Guess which one we ended up winning.
Being amongst a group of people who probably don’t even own video game systems, we were the only bidders of the Xbox games. But we still won, so I felt like that was a victory. Plus, our donation helped out the Seattle Young Opera Artists Program.
We didn’t get to hang out with Aubrey much since she was working, but our friends Ryan and Shauna attended also, so we all had a great time. And Ryan won a tour of a Seattle firehouse and fireboat for 15 people, so we’re looking forward to enjoying that excursion someday (although we’re pretty sure it was intended to be used for a child’s birthday party).
Pictures from my iphone, in the beautiful Northern Lights Domeroom. Thanks, Aubrey, we had a blast!
