Hospitality suite:  We had a “Metropolitan Suite”, the biggest suites in the hotel with two large bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a large parlor.  The room was stocked with snacks & chips, beer, wine, booze, water, etc. - THANKS to Art Clement, now living in Vegas, who did the shopping and got some good deals at Costco for the supplies.   And Caroll Ray made a beer run and donated two cases of beer to keep us from going thirsty at the end.
     As in the past, there was laptop computers for viewing the Sabalo photo collection and other information that is available as computer files. Most in attendance were more interested in conversing with others to get acquainted or reacquainted and swapping stories.
 
Banquet: Wednesday 13 November -- We gathered from 6-6:45 at the Sin City Brewery location in the Flamingo, and then proceeded with the Sabalo crowd to the Paradise Garden Buffet at 7PM.  Although The banquet time was arranged to extend until 9:30, many adjourned to the hospitality suite a little earlier. In addition to the food offerings of the buffet, we had unlimited Miller Lite, Coors Lite (a lot of which was carried off to restock the suite), House Champagne, House Wine and Bloody Marys. In addition to the wide spread offerings of the buffet, we enjoyed the beautiful setting with the seating located along the buffet’s big glass wall which looks out to the garden and water features with flamingos, Koi, hummingbirds, ducks, and waterfalls in a lush setting of palm trees and numerous kind of greenery.