St. Regis :: A Meal to Remember

I thought I would start off today with some mmmmm. As in, lush decor that makes the viewer take admiring notice. This event was a charity auction at the St. Regis with design by a legendary event. As I was walking around the room snapping images, I suddenly heard the sound of the elegant female auctioneer describing me! "For the lady in the purple dress do I hear $10,000; $10,000 going once, going twice, sold!!!" It was only a warm up for the real event but I was highly entertained by her finesse, she is very skilled at her work.

Essentially this farm-to-table event honored the chefs who participated by presenting large scale portraits of them around the ballroom. The dance floor was hedged by English boxwoods. And the florals, the florals were to get lost among... click here for the complete slideshow, set to music by Peggy Lee.