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a recap after
Anyone going?
I am.
a recap after
Will do.
Woot! Have fun Angel!
You don't have to sneak in a camera, you're allowed to bring them. Have fun Angel! Send me lots of texts with updates, I can't wait to hear all about it. I'm still bummed that I can't be there!
Sorry to hear you can't come Misti
I'll be there too.
It won't be the same without you.
I will text you though. I made sure my phone is fully charged.
I'll be there too.
Yea! Maybe I'll see you.
will be waiting for pictures and videos...
I was gonna go, but then i learned Beno was going, so I gave back the ticket.
Take pictures.
I just got back from the lunch.
I don't have the pictures with me since my friend took them. We'll post them asap.
I saw Spurschick- she looked lovely.
The luncheon was very brief compared to last year.
There was no show like the one Brent put on. Supposedly that is being saved for the Tux and Tennies gala.
The food was delicious- steak, mashed potatoes and asparagus. Yummy!
Sean Elliot was the emcee. Pop and Peter Holt addressed the crowd per usual.
They replayed footage from game 4 of last season's finals. They also showed video highlighting all the Spurs community outreach.
Some fun moments with Sean:
He showed us his pictures from his trip to France this year for Eva and Tony's wedding.
Sean had talked up his exclusive pictures of the it couple and they turned out to all be of Sean and his wife rather than the Parkers.
Sean announced that the Spurs will retire Avery Johnson's jersey on December 22. This was met with applause from most of the crowd, although I booed. ( Not loudly but still.)
I was a little annoyed at Sean because he seemed to be just an Avery homer but then he said, " The Spurs need to put Avery's retired jersey right by the new championship banner so he'll know what he is missing."
Sean had earlier addressed Bruce. Sean asked Bruce if Bruce liked Sean's tie.
Bruce said that he did to which Sean retorted that, that meant he'd have to throw the tie out.
Robert Horry had some personal attendance to attend to and could not make the luncheon.
Personally, I believe he heard Misti was not going to be there and boycotted.
Pop picked on Beno- said he's not playing but he is dating.
( Side note for you Slovenians. There were several exhibitions going on in the building where the luncheon was held. One involved several countries and had flags posted.
I saw one that from a distance looked like the Slovenian flag and I made my friends wait while I went to see if it was.
It wasn't though.)
The luncheon gift is super sweet. It is a writing pen that has attached to it a pull out schedule of the spurs season.
I will post the picture of it when I can.
The pens are supposedly limited edition items and were only to be made available today.
The players did not come on stage when they were introduced and the introductions were super short, basically name only.
However, when Manu came in he waved right in my general direction.
Matt Bonner has the biggest beard ever. I laughed because not a minute after I told my table that Matt was starting to remind me of Grizzly Adams, Sean introduced Matt and called him Grizzly Adams.
I called it.
Tony Parker looked very sharp today, his suit was especially nice I thought.
He was best dressed of the group as far as I saw.
Tony was sitting at the player table closest to me, although I was several rows back from it.
Timmy was at that table too and I think Elson. I forget who else.
I took a picture with the Coyote. The trophies were available for people to purchase a picture with them.
Pop talked about Sam Presti being in Seattle now- said to heck with him and then laughed.
Silver Dancers were there. A lot of the Spurs executives were there. I know a lot of them from working in the Terrace Club restaurant.
Really there is not much else to report. The venue was nice. Service was excellent.
The event itself was too short for my taste, but I enjoyed all that was done.
Good times.
I forgot to mention that the butter for the rolls was shaped like a large spur- very creative.
Dessert was cheesecake with whipped cream, fresh fruit, and the coolest mini chocolate trophy.
We took pictures of both.
Awww, I am highly jealous!! Hope you took a lot of up close and personal pics for me!
Awww, I am highly jealous!! Hope you took a lot of up close and personal pics for me!
I wasn't in charge of the camera.
I expected there to be a show and so had come with my writer's notebook to record the jokes.
My friend was the photographer during the actual lunch. I took some pictures of the atmosphere before and after but otherwise am not sure what else was captured.
It was hard to get player pictures because they basically came in and sat right down, standing only briefly when there name was called in introductions.
And sneaky Sean- he told us that there was a special video prepared ( this was at the end of the lunch) but basically it was just repeat footage serving as a decoy so the Spurs could sneak out.
Manu at least waved to us as he left. Some of the other players might have as well, but I did not see.
Angel-Thank you so much for the detailed report. It sounds like even though it was short it was still fun to be at.
I'm thrilled the writing pen/schedule gift was cool. What a great souvinier.
I look forward to all the pics you and your friend can post. (Especially Duncan if you were able to get any.)
Pop picked on Beno- said he's not playing but he is dating and that he wishes he could boot the lazy ass to the curb
And collecting the paycheck.
Um, so, basically you're saying that now you hallucinate in Slovenian?( Side note for you Slovenians. There were several exhibitions going on in the building where the luncheon was held. One involved several countries and had flags posted.
I saw one that from a distance looked like the Slovenian flag and I made my friends wait while I went to see if it was.
It wasn't though.
these things are a waste of money, you should've went to Subway. $3.99
I prefer to think of it as wishful thinking.
I thought if they were displaying the Slovenian flag then that meant there were Slovenians around.
Me in the lobby
TMTTRIO and Me before lunch
Stage backdrop
Table centerpiece
spur butter
Dessert
Guest gift
Awesome, is it not?
Me in ball room
I haven't been sent the picture of Spurschick and me yet. It was one of the last ones we took.
If Spurschick gives the okay, I will post it when I get it.
spur butter
wait, so if you wanted to get tim's autograph or shake hands with manu, I take it that it was quite easy to do?
these luncheon's sound amazing
Thanks for the pics Angel.
You were glowing!
And the pen does look really cool.
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