The AAA held another one of its great holiday parties at a new location on Murray Street called Manhattan Proper. Over 80 people came out that evening to mingle with their fellow club members for a little post-holiday astro-cheer!
One of the best things for me about these get-togethers is that I often see so many new faces. I spoke to more than several people who had joined in the last year, and a few who had even joined within the last month, and said that this was their first AAA social event.
And In keeping with our tradition, we raffled off lots of really cool stuff: A photo of the aurora borealis by Stan Honda, a 3D printed moon relief tile by Howard Fink, a pair of cosmic earrings by Mary Alford, three 2019 Moon calendars donated by Peter Tagatac, and a bunch of AAA tee shirts.
Thanks to everyone on the Social Events Committee who helped to make this one a huge success. Hope to see you all at the Annual Meeting in May.
Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Marilee James, winner of t-shirt with Rori Baldari. Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
John Benafatti calls out raffle ticket. Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by Stan Honda
Rori Baldari with raffle tickets. Photo by Stan Honda
John Benafatti, Otto Chen and Rori Baldari raffle off a Stan Honda photo. Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Howard Fink, Mauri Rosenthal. Photo by Stan Honda
John Benafatti draws raffle ticket. Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Bart Fried, Carey Horwitz. Photo by Stan Honda
Victor Nicolescu, winner of Howard Fink moonscape. Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by Stan Honda
Sam Halaby, winner of Stan Honda print and John Benafatti. Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Giselle Pemberton and Joe Dinapoli. Photo by Stan Honda
Photo by: Faissal Halim
Rori Baldari and Evan Schneider. Photo by Stan Honda