Hubby’s company holiday parteeeeeee was on December 12.  We shuttled into San Francisco to the beautiful and historic Palace Hotel.  The hotel is extremely grand and celebrated its 100th anniversary this year.  It was a great backdrop for the Casino Royale themed extravaganza.

Palace Hotel

entrance at night

Garden Court

When we arrived to the hotel, we were greeted by the Nutcracker.  The Garden Court had a giant Christmas tree and several different hor d’oeuver stations and bars.  The room to the left had a casino/game theme and more food and drink.  The room to the right had a stage with live music, a photo booth and again more food and drink.

Nutcracker welcome

Christmas tree in Garden Court

stage for live music

The food was pretty tasty.  One of the highlights was a mashed potato bar with either shrimp or pork toppings.  Other food items included: mini beef dip sandwiches, fries, a baked salmon type thing, different types of pasta, cheese and crackers, avocado sushi, mini desserts, and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

mashed potato bar with shrimp

mini beef dip sandwich

mini desserts

Hubby and I did not make it to the photo booth, so we took a picture with a Christmas tree in the room with all the games.  It was a fun and memorable night.*

*I say memorable because on the ride back, someone on the bus must have had one too many drinks and threw up.  The stench was horrific; I had to breathe inside my jacket to get “fresh” air.  The crazy thing was the day before, LL told me a story of how her friend threw up on the shuttle at a company event.  I figured it was a rare occasion and not something I would need to worry about.  Boy, was I wrong!