As I wrote the other day, I was all atwitter (not that way—Glamour Girl doesn’t tweet) over the impending Harvest Ball, a fundraiser for Homewood House Museum and that worthy organization’s first ever black-tie affair. Now I’m happy to report that not only was it a smashing success (therefore, I hope it’ll be an annual event), but the food, drink, conversation, and dancing were first-rate!
Glamour Girl and hubby were seated at a spectacular table with five other friendly, fascinating people: JHU Libraries maven Betsy Merrill, married couple recently relocated from Connecticut Susan Adams Weiss and Jeffrey Arnstein (Arnstein is an accomplished furniture restorer), architect and Homewood House docent Suzanne Frasier (recently returned from India thanks to a Fullbright Scholarship) and Homewood House visitor-and-docent-wrangler Sarah Sellers.
You’ll have to forgive the paucity of pictures, for though hubby is inordinately attached to his iPhone, he took about 10 shots of the cake (no, I’m not kidding) and none of GG in her glamorous gown nor of anything else. So I’ve had to rely on the good graces of Meg Fairfax Fielding, who writes the superb blog Pigtown Design, for the following photos.
Here are GG and Mr. GG on the portico before dinner:
There were many familiar faces there, including GG’s ophthalmologist (and die-hard opera lover) Dr. Allan Jensen:
Here’s that cake, an exact replica of Homewood House itself:
And here’s Meg—she made her outfit herself—she is amazing:
Stroll on over to her blog for more pictures and more description of the affair.
GG was hoarse the next day from singing along with all the lyrics to the songs she was dancing to! (Luckily, she didn’t have any radio scripts to track the next day.) The genteel, early 19th Century dance music gradually gave way to more raucous fare, such as The Temptations and Chaka Khan (yes, it’s a challenge to dance to such stuff in that gown), and though GG kept bellowing requests for Sly and the Family Stone, the adorable, energetic lead singer of The New Romanos demurred. “You really wanna make us work!” she laughed.
Too bad you can’t quite see the upturned train on the back of my dress, but take my word for it; it was fab (the gown is by Stephen Yearick):
Here’s to the glory of Homewood House and many happy returns!