Friends Night Out 8/8/2012

Bunnaford Says "Let's Go To Dinner"

Long Beach Yacht Club is located on a promontory at the east end of Naples Island in Long Beach, California. Committees organize and manage a full schedule of yachting, educational, social and public-outreach programs, and the Club is recognized throughout the worldwide yachting community for its hospitality. 

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
The arrival!

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
This picture will become famous some day!

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
John and Ernie are ready to go!

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Colored pencils are always available

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Too much work

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
A toast

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
We were here.... Notice the appropriate shirt

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Tom attempts to levitate the martini

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Meanwhile out on the bay...

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Tom decided not to levitate the glass for fear of.... OMG... spillage?

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
One for the album

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Here's to you! James does his Charlie Chan impression

Did You Know? - Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers. Loosely based on Honolulu detective Chang Apana, Biggers conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes, such as villains like Fu Manchu. Chan is a detective for the Honolulu police, though many stories feature Chan traveling the world as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes.

Chan first appeared in Biggers' novels, but went on to be featured in a number of media. Over four dozen films featuring Charlie Chan have been made, beginning in 1926. The character was at first portrayed by Asian actors, and the films met with little success. In 1931, the Fox Film Corporation cast Swedish actor Warner Oland as Chan in Charlie Chan Carries On; the film was a success, and Fox went on to produce 15 more Chan films with Oland in the title role. After Oland's death, American actor Sidney Toler was cast as Chan; Toler made 22 Chan films, first for Fox and then for Monogram Studios. After Toler's death, six more films were made, starring Roland Winters.

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Great wine but it disappeared right in front of our eyes

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
"I need longer arms"

The Entertainment Begins

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
"The cork... It moved!"

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
We are about to witness magic

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Would you buy a car from this guy??

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
He is warming up the cork and amazing the audience

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Tom decides it is better to let the expert do it....

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Ta Dah... Miss Bunnaford dazzles the table with her presto-digitation skills

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
"Now watch.... My fingers never leave my hand!"

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Bunny is going to take up a new hobby.... Champagne cork furniture

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
"I can feel the cork beginning to transgegregariate"

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
"See... Two corks from a single cork!"

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Now I shall put them back together

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Not to be out done

Did You Know? - John reveals his secret!

1. Put the concave surface of a clean regular teaspoon to your nose, with the handle pointing vertically down.

2. Hold the spoon lightly and gently begin to rub it downward against your nose. Exert a slight pressure on the downstroke but lift slightly and give no pressure on the upstroke. Eventually you will feel a slight tendency for the spoon to resist on the downstroke.

3. Gently take your hand away and the spoon will hang from your nose. You don't need to put anything on the spoon. When you are doing this correctly, you don't need to hold your head back.

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
Heir Schulte at your service....

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012
"John... You are frightening the women and children!"

A wonderful dinner with wonderful friends 8/8/2012