Earlier this month, we attended a Christmas party & fund raiser hosted by Juliana and Joseph's school - Dulwich College. The Dulwich Ball was a formal event held at a hotel in downtown Suzhou and billed as a James Bond theme.
With the formal theme, most men wore tuxes, many women had formal dresses custom-made by a Suzhou tailor, and one woman, Anisa, even wore a bond-girl style bath towel. Kathleen's floor length blue dress was one such custom job which she had made for only $50 U.S. Many of the men also had tuxedos custom made for about $100. Some people got creative with the custom tailors - note Jeff in a perfect Dr. Evil suit and his crime partner wife, Emma, in the leopard skin coat and fully-automatic (fake) weapon.
Kathleen and I are shown in picture 3 in our formal finery enjoying martinis Bond-style in a Dulwich memorial glass. The martinis were stirred, very dry, and induced a colossal headache on Sunday. Thank God the kids are autonomous enough to turn the TV on and find the Cartoon Network while Mom & Dad slept in.
A highlight of the evening came when Jerry, Emma, and I swiped the larger-than-life sized cutout of the vertically-challenged Dulwich headmaster, Mr. Magnus. We went at it with a hotel butter knife and duct-tape and cut it down to less-than-life sized. Dr. Evil planted it on stage for all to admire. A truly evil move that drew many laughs.
With the formal theme, most men wore tuxes, many women had formal dresses custom-made by a Suzhou tailor, and one woman, Anisa, even wore a bond-girl style bath towel. Kathleen's floor length blue dress was one such custom job which she had made for only $50 U.S. Many of the men also had tuxedos custom made for about $100. Some people got creative with the custom tailors - note Jeff in a perfect Dr. Evil suit and his crime partner wife, Emma, in the leopard skin coat and fully-automatic (fake) weapon.
Kathleen and I are shown in picture 3 in our formal finery enjoying martinis Bond-style in a Dulwich memorial glass. The martinis were stirred, very dry, and induced a colossal headache on Sunday. Thank God the kids are autonomous enough to turn the TV on and find the Cartoon Network while Mom & Dad slept in.
A highlight of the evening came when Jerry, Emma, and I swiped the larger-than-life sized cutout of the vertically-challenged Dulwich headmaster, Mr. Magnus. We went at it with a hotel butter knife and duct-tape and cut it down to less-than-life sized. Dr. Evil planted it on stage for all to admire. A truly evil move that drew many laughs.
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