I’m glad I went!
I WON A BOOK!

It was in the beautiful old home. They had it set up so you could wonder from room to room and the actors had name tags , their names were all types of alcohol. The vintner had been killed and his fiancé Bubbles immediately married the long lost cousin who inherited the winery. There was a rival winery owner, an actress that had an affair, a sales rep, mama vino who had worked at the winery forever. And a few other characters. They wondered the house and interacted with the people. You asked them questions and occasionally they acted out scenarios.

There was a banquet of horedorves and some delicious desserts. A cash bar. I do drink but tonight I wasn’t in the mood so I just had soda. After a bit of wondering around and eves dropping on the actors and asking a few questions I sat at the table with the other elders. Three ladies and a husband. We chit chatted about the story and fundraising, libraries and wildlife. One asked me who I thought and I said I was suspicious of the fbi guy. He didn’t know anything. She thought that was a hoot. But he wasn’t a suspect so I said the lest likely but she has worked in the vineyard forever and knows it best. And I was right!

One of the ladies I was talking to writes a column in the newspaper. Turned out the crowd I was mingling with is quite wealthy and they know who’s who in the town. It was good to get out and talk to others.