Holiday party

Ok, I know you were waiting for it and HERE IT IS!

The 2010 Genoptix, Inc Holiday Party!

The attire: Cocktail

The location: The Hilton Downtown on the Bayfront

Cocktails open bar from 6-9

Dinner served at 7: Three course meal: Riddichio salad with balsamic viniagrette, 4 oz salmon AND 4 oz filet mignon with garlic potatoes, and chocolate raspberry cheesecake or pecan tart....yum! Here is what the table setting looked like...

The band...oh my gosh the band.  We walk in and there's a 30 person band singing and dancing the top 100 chart.

And another... The woman in the middle was the leader of the band.

And some more: This picture was taken after the company was invited to come up on stage and get their groove on.  I'm somewhere on the left side.

Here is my good friend Anita (in blue) and her daughter.  Anita works in accessioning where they log in the patient samples.  Anita and I went out for New Year's just the two of us to an awesome French restaurant for a 3 course meal...yum and then a delectable dessert at an Italian restaurant and a bottle of champagne next to the French place!  HAPPY NEW YEAR TO US!  Isn't she adorable!

Another one of the band:

Above is my supervisor Claudia holding one of the bands many props they gave to the audience during the different songs (I believe this was a Lady GaGa song) and her husband.  They are from Argentina.

I had a little crush on the singer below on the left side of the stage with the goatee.  He was a really smoother singer/dancer.

Here is my good friend and co-worker Taylor.  We've been hiking together alot lately and she introduced me to Isagenix, an all natural nutritional cleansing program....so far I've dropped 11 pounds since Jan 1 (so in 6 weeks or so).  I had a red rose in my hair that night with a side bun...I was going for the "Tango" look.  It was alot of fun!

As we were walking in...

Here is the CEO of the company Tina Nova, on the left.  I'm not sure who's on the right.  But I just thought it was so cool that she's little miss trendy.  I went up to her at the end of the night and said thank you for such an amazing party.  "She said you know, I don't know much, but I DO know how to throw a party!"  Awesome!

Another of the amazing band:

And one more of Tina getting her groove on:

So that was my Dec 12th, 2010 evening.  I spent the night at the hotel and woke up to a beautifully warm (79 degrees) and sunny day looking out over the San Diego Bay.  Holy Cow,  this is my city!
I'm so blessed to have been able to move here to skip this winter!  I called mom that day and she said it was a snowy white and freezing in Cincinnati.  So mom, when are you moving here?