Providence O'Trees

This was a mid-course palate cleansing sorbet served in an ice sculpture - wow!! What a magnificant display.

And this was the version of the ice sculpture at my plate.

The aviation-themed tree was super fun, and the Fisher-Price Little People, in particular, caught my eye. I'm with a 2 year old all day long...what can I say?!

This was the Dr. Seuss tree and display.

Last week we attended the Providence O'Trees Gala as a part of Matt's work, and I was so excited to go as I have seen video footage of the auctioned trees on TV for the past many years....

This delightful evening, a fun "excuse" to get dressed up in our formal attire, was a great way to start our Christmas Holidays. The evening included both silent and live auctions, and the live auctions were conducted while we ate dinner and were "entertained" by Evening Magazine's John Curley.

Designers decorate themed trees that are auctioned at a premium, and part of the exciting part of the evening includes milling about, looking at the trees and meeting the tree designers. I liked the one with the aviation theme, which had aviation toys on it (Little People's blue and pink planes - see the pink plane above), and well as other toys Colin would have loved. The Dr. Seuss themed tree was fun, as well!

And no, we didn't go home with one of those gorgeous trees, but we had a ton of fun!