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...University recognized the recipients at an Annenberg Hall banquet last night, which featured a cello performance by Sarah M. Carter ’04 and a meal including jumbo shrimp salad, horseradish-encrusted filet of beef and milk chocolate mousse...
...evidence, check out the wall-to-wall patrons (Asian and non-Asian alike) enjoying dim sum, from chicken feet to coconut cake, at Ocean Palace, a cavernous banquet hall in the Bellaire neighborhood at the western end of Houston's Chinatown. The steamed buns filled with barbecued pork are as light as clouds; slivers of custard-soft tofu are immersed in a light ginger syrup; and the chili oil at every table is made by the chef. Waiters cruise the place with carts of delicacies; just point to the ones you want...
...others, maxed out on the black-tie, hotel or banquet-hall reception, a "been there, done that" attitude informs their decision. And couples who marry later in life, or for a second time, may be especially eager to have an experience different from the myriad other weddings they have attended or participated in. For Roger Wendt, 53, and Eva Conti, 41, musicians from Rivervale, N.J., their January wedding in the Bahamas was a conscious departure from his previous two marriages and her first. "Eva and I are adults who have both been married before and have lived together," Wendt explains...
...didn't want to hand over our notebooks to the irate security officials who could arrest those we'd spoken to for illegally fraternizing with foreign journalists. After a couple hours of unsuccessful interrogation, the local cops changed their tactic: they would forcibly invite us to attend a banquet thrown on our behalf. The copious alcohol was apparently intended to improve our disappointingly meager accounting of our visit...
Chelsea S. Simmons ’06, who came to the banquet to support Winter, called him “the most amazing guy ever...