Banquet

On Thursday, the 14th of January, we would be having our second annual Mayanot Banquet, honoring the girls, the teachers, the alum, and above all, the donors. We expected around 120 guests, and we (the girls at large) were in charge of making the whole thing work. I somehow was a cochair of the food committee. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were spent baking in three different locations (at Mayanot, at Chaya’s and at Rivka Marga’s, where I was, making five recipes of cookies.) Through late nights for many people, especially Laneia, who was in charge of the art display, eventually Thursday came. The final five hours before the event were frantic, with salad being washed dried and cut up, fruit salad being put together, dessert platters built, etc. But eventually everything came together, the night went off well, with Naomi’s MCing and Hayley’s Dvar Torah being well received. It was nice to see many of the people in a more social setting.

After the banquet Hayley and I rushed home to change to go to Jess’s Pink Party birthday bash, where we were joined by Nechemia, Beeno, Zack and Laneia. Jess eventually found pink boas, so what more could be asked for?