Model train display at Belmond Charleston Place Hotel

Belmond Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, SC   

It never gets old and is a treat to see each year - the model train display under the grand chandelier in the lobby of the Belmond Charleston Place Hotel. The stairs on either side were full of parents lifting excited children to watch the trains roll by. Thank you Belmond Charleston Place!

Funny, until I looked it up for the link I had been calling it the Belmont with a "t". It took me years to stop calling it the Omni. I'll get there. 

Model Train Display

Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, S.C.

The train model set up at Charleston Place Hotel is a big hit every year. I love watching all the parents holding kids up to see the trains come by.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas. I spent mine in a little cabin on Lake Marion. It was completely peaceful with no tv and occasional phone and wifi access. I took mostly prepared food up and we enjoyed a lazy Christmas morning reading and going for a walk. It was a bit too chilly and windy for the kayaks but a very pleasant place to be and for the last few years had been a tradition. I enjoyed coming back to see all the happy family pictures posted through the day on Facebook. I have one more completely free day. What shall I do with it?!

Party time!

Roper Xavier Society Gala, Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, S.C.

Party time! No one said we couldn't clean up once a year.

Last night was the Roper St. Francis Healthcare Donor Appreciation Gala at Charleston Place Hotel with Ben Stein as the special guest speaker. I get to go because I am so involved with mentoring students in health care that I donate all of my Trident United Way donations into Nursing Scholarships and apparently it is enough to slip me in under the wire to play with the big kids. Woo hoo!

My volunteers also support the Foundation so I had a happy group of companions to go with. As you can see above I deliberately picked friends who would make me feel petite. :)

I am a pretty low maintenance gal and Sabriam Brinton at Whispers on Wentworth reminded me that I'd been coming to her for four years - that makes a total of four visits. Heheh. Once again I let my hair down and she gave me a glamor "do" for the occasion. Thanks Sabriam!

We had a great time. Thanks to all the organizers and sponsors of the event.

Clearly Charleston Daily Photo has been having some trouble with images lately. Not sure what that is about. I've fixed the links a couple of times and never know what is going to show up.