WRAT Holiday Party Memories Through The Years – Part 3
Our final trip through the Christmastime kaleidoscope of Rat staff holiday parties shows us scenes from a party in 2011 and another in 2016. Both of these parties took place at the Pines Manor, a fabulous if not geographically challenging venue in Edison, NJ. Now I don’t know about you, but you but a 50 mile drive to and from an office party is not the most temping thing to do on a weeknight. However a PARTY BUS ride to and from a company office party, now we’re talkin’!
Some of these rather candid shots…of people taking shots, were snapped on the actual party bus we took for quite a few years heading up to the Pines Manor. Other photos are your garden variety party pics, with djs being rock stars for a night, ladies dressed to the nines, and of course the obligatory mashed potato bar photo. What ? You say you’ve never been to an event that had a mashed potato bar? Oh my carbohydrate craving friend, you have no idea what you are missing! Martini glasses, gravies, toppings, it’s as they say in Idaho, to die for.
I really hope you’ve enjoyed our little three part photographic trip down holiday party memory lane. Some of these photos were rather hard to find. While others couldn’t be published here because, well lets just say the censors slapped my hand. Overall I think it’s a nice way to usher in the holidays here at the Rat. While many of the folks in these photos have moved on in their careers, the Rat still holds a special place in their hearts and minds. Even though we no longer do a lavish drunken bash like the old days, now opting for a more intimate office party, these galleries remind us of two things: We had fun, and we always held the holiday party on a Thursday so the hard chargers could call out hungover on Friday! Party Party Party!