Forest Hill Garden Club
NOVEMBER
2 0 0 8 NEWSLETTER 
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: The October 13th Italian Trattoria Dinner was a great culinary event. Over seventy members and their guests enjoyed a home cooked Italian meal. Our chairmen, Helen Scholten and Louise Bacigalupi helped make our Trattoria run like a true family-style restaurant. Many thanks to Donna Earhart who cooked the wine-braised pork entrée, Louise Bacigalupi who cooked the polenta and made the brushetta, and John Balestreri for the perfect eggplant casserole! Our restaurant looked festive with red and white checked cloths with fresh vegetables and herbs centerpieces done in advance by our committee Anna Bolechowski, Helen Scholten, Louise Bacialupi, Maria-Elena Hanley, Sally Kipper , and Trish Hurt! Guests arrived to the great sounds of Opera great tenor Luciano Pavarotti. It served as a reminder to all of us that good food and great music go together. Thank you each and everyone for making our event ring with so much conversation and laughter that it ranked a 5 with noise level!! Don’t forget our annual Wreath Making Day at 9:30am, December 5th, with Anne Rieger-Matthews and many of our neighbors. Come make your wreath or holiday decorations that will lend a festive feel to our neighborhood. We also need helping hands to put some decorations together for our December 8th holiday formal! See details in the December Newsletter! Monday, November 3 10:00 AM Meeting for Executives and Standing Chairs At the Home of Helen Scholten Monday, November 17 Book Festival presented by Neil Sofman, co-owner with Anna Bullard of West Portal Bookshop. 12:30 PM Refreshments 01:00 PM General Meeting 01:30 PM Presentaion of new books for gift giving and personal reading. Bring a guest. 02:30 PM Tea to Follow NOTES New Members: Please welcome new members Eugenia Millar, Lopez Avenue; Betty Hung, Pacheco Street; Catherine Viehweg, Cotes Avenue.. If you have a new neighbor or long-time neighbor who you think might like to join please let Katie Balestreri ( kkbal@att.net or 665-5140) or Dottie McHugh ( dottiemchugh@yahoo.com or 681-5750) know and they will send a form and note to ask them to join. Upcoming Events: • November 14 - Evenings at the Club House presents movie SOME LIKE IT HOT from director Billy Wilder finds Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon masquerading as women in order to elude irate Chicago mobsters while befriending a beautiful singer (Marilyn Monroe). This film, rated as the #1 comedy by the American Film Institute also features vaudeville great Joe E. Brown as well as George Raft and Pat O'Brien. • November 17 - Annual Garden Club FOOD DRIVE. Barrel Collection of non-perishables for San Francisco Food bank. See attached flyer. • December 7 – Party Set Up. Contact Dottie McHugh 681-5750. Lunch will be served courtesy of Donna and Jim Earhart. • December 8 - Our Holiday Black Tie Dinner Dance. Our theme this year is Teddy Bear Holiday Picnic. The cost of the elegant served dinner and dance with live band is only $80 a person. The party is open to non-members neighbors and guest until we reach our limit of 100. If you cannot make the meeting, please get your reservation to Louise Bacigalupi 743-2262 or Helen Scholten 566-0980 to secure your place.  | ||||
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