Erna and I went to this Bookclub sponsored by the Palm Springs Library. They have a librarian to moderate the discussion and Azul laid on more fruit, cheese, and crackers than the group could even begin to finish plus "happy hour" prices for drinks…$4 for house wine. The discussion was interesting and we were seated beside two neat women who have been friends for 40 years and get together frequently even though one lives in Chicago and the other divides her time between Palm Springs and Redona Beach. When they're together they drink only Champagne…they were working on a bottle when we arrived.
In the next area there was a group doing "Paint Night"…a very cool concept. Easels, canvas, paints, brushes, smock are all provided and a teacher goes through doing a painting. Subjects are chosen so people with no experience can have fun and take something home. The people participating seemed to be having a good time.
A little YouTube video describing the process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXuB7h4Kyk
Some of my photos
