Saturday, June 23, 2007

william f. austin center...

last night's event was held at the new
william f. austin center in eden prairie
off 62 and shady oak road...(flying cloud dr.).
i buzzed by there on my way home from
having the cats haircut so i would know
just where it was located.
napped for a bit in preparation for another
crazy, fun evening and got over there around
6:20. now that i know so many folks with
starkey i felt a little like family this
time. even the guests were excited to see
me again...that was cool!
tonight i took the opportunity to hand

off my camera to others to photograph me
with some of the more prominent guests.
(shameless, i know, but it'll be awhile
before i sit and eat cake with c. everett koop
again and hover in the auction area with
bill austin and stand on stage with the dave
mason band...pretty cool).

this facility is huge and gorgeous!
i tried on a 69 THOUSAND dollar bracelet
that had 19 and a 1/2 carats worth of
diamonds! it went for 28K! i should
have bid on that! it was stunning! :)
i got a shot of it, i'll post it when
i get my images from cheryl.

andy rooney was in attendance again as was
peter marshall (they both sang!)
i can't wait to get the cd's of the images
that i shot these past 2 nights!
buss aldrin with his lovely wife.
matt blair & his wife.
about 750 total not including staff!
fabulous food, great music, delicious
desserts! another incredible evening.
i'm off to bed..it's 12:45 am and i have
to hit the hay because we are rising early
to head out to south dakota to shoot a wedding.
i'll be sure to make the gala next year!



oh, and the cats?? they look fabulous!
more on that later...but here's a couple of
shots of them with jennifer, the owner of
"clean as a whisker".








wish i could share more but i gotta get to bed!
i'll write again on sunday.

i plan to work with starkey again in the very
near future....they loved me! :)
well, of course they did, why wouldn't they. right!?

peace.

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