Christmas Victorian era style-Dinner and Tour - Dress up encouraged - Yeah!

Imagine yourself in a beautiful mansion getting waited on by your own private butler. You look down and your are wearing ruffles or cottony one-sies-yes ruffles / one-sies instead of Fruit of the Loom undies—under your velvety-button-upp-ity-leathery goodness.

Your skin is pasty pale- as pale as a marshmellow in the moonlight after getting splashed with white chocolate from the banquet fountain and before being sprinkled on with powdered sugar.

Imagine a world where moustaches have their own line of grooming products that create styles from pointy to curly to whimsical and licorice twisty, and bustles come in a variety of sizes that would make even J-Lo jealous, even if held together with an intricate lattice whalebone!

Imagine a portrait of you looking nothing like you actually do, kind of like match.com or tinder- but bigger, painted, and above the fireplace for all to see, even when you’re standing right next to it and no one can recognize you! 🤣

Imagine something that looks like a flipped over fishbowl, but it’s full of flowers that are sculpted out of hair from the head of humans. Uncle Harry wanted the sculpture so bad that he was willing to go bald for it so every time you see uncle Harry, you have to imagine him with hair because uncle Harry’s hair is now a hair sculpture.

Uncle Harry was hairy, very hairy, in fact. Uncle Harry was so hairy that people used to call him, “Uncle hairy Harry”. Uncle hairy Harry used to be the hairiest of all uncle Harrys, because let’s face it: “Harry” is a very popular name for uncles. But yes, uncle Harry was the hairiest Harry of them all! But not anymore. Uncle hairy Harry’s hairs, are in the upside-down fishbowl on display- in your living room. Right now. Go check. I’ll wait. And well, I am waiting. I will get ready to tell you all about auntie Harriet and her hair sculpture!🤣

Now imagine it is the 1800’s…and it’s Holiday time.

Step back in time and experience what Christmas was like in 1890! Your taste buds are about to be WOWed!

Come join me for a Victorian Christmas dinner at the Wright Mansion at the Historic Lyme Village!

Historic Lyme Village, is a non-profit organization operated by the volunteers of the Historic Lyme Village Association. The village represents life in the Firelands from the arrival of the first settlers, in the early 1800’s to the early 1900’s. The John Wright Mansion is one of the prominent buildings in the village. This Second Empire Victorian home was built between 1880 and 1882. The mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Parking: free and at the venue

Cost: $65: Please call 419-483-4949 and say, “Hi, I am super duper excited about the Saturday, Dec 7 dinner. I am making a reservation to be at the tables with the MeetUp Cleveland East Side Fun group hosted by AlexAndria”

The main entrée is chicken. I have let the venue know that there may be vegans, gluten-free, and / vegetarians joining the event. When you call them, please mention to them your dietary restrictions and ask if there are any updates to AlexAndria‘s request for accommodation. I appreciate your patience they figure this out.

Tickets are first come first serve. I repeat tickets are first come first serve. Because this is not a private event just for us, there will be other people outside of Meet Up at this venue. so signing up on Meetup does not secure your reservation at the venue please call the venue to guarantee your spot.

Let’s meet in the parlor / at our table, between 5:30 PM and 6:00 PM. Dinner starts at 6 o’clock.

We will be able to do a self guided tour on the first and second floor of the mansion after dinner, so please wear comfortable shoes because there will be stairs.

More information: https://lymevillage.org/
So come on, dress up -if you would like- in your most Victorian-ish regalia (don’t make those corsets too tight ladies, because we are gonna eat), come hungry, and let’s have some fun!

Ps: speaking of J Lo, I hope you enjoy this:  https://open.spotify.com/track/42nSaPdT6g3ZIMHmKLlP2p?si=3_jd2iJNTrS4_JRDboRw1A