Selby
Saturday, November 4, 2017, 06:00 PM
We left at 8:15 for Selby Members Day. The parking lot was full when we got there but we squeezed between an SUV and a tree in the upper corner of the lot. Check in was at the Payne mansion where we selected our plants and turned in the slip with our plants on it. Then over to the meeting room where we were wrist banded. They ad coffee in the room. We watched the status of Selby from their CEO. Everything is going really great. Chagall brought in 100,000 visitors last year and membership was up 9%. They had a very good year. Next the plans for Selby's future were presented with a parking garage and rooftop restaurant. We then went into the tent on the great lawn and went to the members plant sale. I picked up our free plants while Libbie went plant shopping. We got quite a few members plants, mostly foliage types. We brought one batch of plants out to the car then returned to tour the mansion and the tropical house before buying some more plants. Libbie got a large philodendron and an annual type plant with pretty foliage. We then had lunch under the Banyan trees. It was a turkey wrap that we split along with a bag of chips and a cup of water. We then left pulling a cart of plants. Rather than pull the cart all the way to the car, Libbie waited in front while I fetched the car and loaded it in front of the entrance. We put the plants in the condo for now on the Lanai and collapsed on the bed. At sunset we had wine and cheese then went over to the Italian Grill where I had a glass of Pinot with eggplant Parmesan. It was delicious but our waiter really needed more training. In addition there was a birthday party going on with some rude behaving people.
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