Benefit gala means dinner for 12
Courtesy photo
Twelve Seattle Opera Guild members enjoyed a five course dinner at Sandra Boyd's Meydenbauer Bay home on Jan. 28. She won the dinner at the Guild's Soiree & Auction last year. Pictured (from left) are: Bob Schramke, Sandra Boyd, Joe Ruane, gourmet cook Patricia Church and Jay Wakefield. Also attending were Judy King, Giff Thomas, Charlotte Henke and Dick McGrath, Betty Carter, Scott Church and Suzy Wakefield. The menu featured special wines paired with hors d'oeuvres, sweet potato bisque, pork tenderloin with tawny port cranberry sauce and, lastly, chocolate cake with red raspberry, cabernet sauce with Champagne.
Seattle Opera Guild auction bid means five-course dinner in Bellevue
February 19, 2012
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