No more gala events before noon

2,000 ladies of the Girl Scouts, dressed for afternoon luncheon at 6:45am

100 high school girls in uniform, snarfing down pastries and getting out of class

One ballroom filled with chatty tables of 10

Many, many balloons and faux-pearl garlands

An ambassador, a former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, a president & CEO, a church reverend, a law partner, and a senior VP of philanthropic practice

A male master of ceremonies

The gorgeous Westin Copley

One gorgeous, sunny, very cold morning for the Girl Scouts' Leading Women Awards Gala Breakfast

A harried steering committee finally at rest after a job intensely, haranguingly, passive-aggressively, committedly, utterly fabulously well done.

Brava!


Now I have a workday to attend.