Picking up from last time –
I know I said I was going to talk about something more interesting than food, and I promise I will. But can I also just tell you that we got to use the. nicest napkins. I have ever used. Ever.
They were so soft and exceptional. No one at the table could stop talking about the exceptional napkins, and I’m so curious where they came from because I want a set for my home – and I sort of want the material to also be a comforter!
Moving on from food and napkins, one of my Emmy dates and I were two of the first people on the dance floor, and we were having the time of our lives.
The Governor’s Ball was basically this little piece of stopped time in my life. I’m often thinking of a million things, having so much on my do to list. I’m constantly applying for jobs since my jobs are always coming to an end. And I’m working my butt off on those jobs while I have them.
There are always workouts to do and blogs to write, things to organize, and on an on. There’s always something. But on August 16, 2014, there was nothing but dancing and food and conversation.
I know we can’t live every day like that, but goodness I adored it.
So we danced and danced. We ate and ate. I walked around and met random people, which was fun. While in line at the chocolate station, I even realized part way through a conversation with someone that he was from Deadliest Catch – the show that beat us out! Oof.
Everyone was in such a wonderful mood, and was so talkative and happy… You’d think the people who’d lost might be in a sour mood, but I think anyone who couldn’t get past it had gone home as everyone I spoke too was having a grand ol’ time.
Going back to the chocolate station, the one thing I heard over and over from friends who’d been to Emmys past is that you have to stop by Cellar Door Chocolate’s table, because they let you take as much as you want home.
I’m not a chocolate lover, but I do love caramel, and there were chocolates shaped like Reese’s, but with caramel filling. I also was in love with the marshmallow sticks, and totally took two home. (And we took a bit of the other chocolate home for other friends.)
As the evening wound down, the band announced they were playing one last song. They dedicated it to everyone who didn’t win, saying they hoped next year would bring different results. So, they sang “Don’t Stop Believing.” We jumped around and danced and just generally let loose one last time.
Then everyone went home. We stepped out of our neon-lit party hub and into a big, plain empty hallway of the convention center. Our night was over. Back to real life… until we get to do it again next year…? 😉