NÉ ABAA Holiday gathering...

Last night was the N.E. Chapter of the ABAA holiday dinner. In attendance was John Rutter (Ars Libri), Ken Gloss and Joyce Kosofsky (Brattle Books), Joe and Susan Phillips (Commonwealth Books), Chuck Vilnis and Helen Kelly (Boston Book Company), Barry Scott (and his wife whose name, I am embarassed to admit, I can not recall), Tom Boss, John Waite and Suzanne Hamlin and your humble blogger (Lux Mentis).

The dinner was at Oceana in Boston. The food was very good, the service was inexplicably slow...and would have been annoying had we not been having such fun chatting (and drinking). We were there from about 6 to nearly 1030pm. The lobster bisque was particularly good. The company, however, made the evening. The cost of the dinner was very reasonable and was donated entirely to the ABAA's Benevolent Fund... It is always nice when you can spend time with friends, eat well and feel like you are doing something useful. We would like to thank the NE Chapter for sponsoring such a nice evening (and for picking up the proverbial tab).