Have Yourself A Merry Moncur Christmas
Between both the D Show and the Moncur Holiday Gala last week, we undeniably had our party shoes on (but we admittedly brought a pair of flats). Saturday night, as December began, the Monc-sters dressed to impress at The Detroit Foundation Hotel. If you’ve never been, you must.
On the fifth floor, with ‘Office Jockey’ Jamie’s fire playlist bumpin’ the airwaves, we—and our SOs and friends—grabbed drinks at the bar as everyone arrived. Our day-to-day office attire is pretty rad, but we kicked it up a notch with some glitz and glam. And no one could compete with Pamela’s fohawk-updo!
Shortly after the night began, we met Drew Murray. Who dis? He’s a magic man. Everyone in our office works their magic in one way or another, but we don’t have this kind!
From moving a Sharpie ‘X’ from one of our hands onto someone else’s, to doing card tricks, to mind reading — a trick every man wants to know how to do — Drew was a hilarious, upbeat hit. Being a part of magic tricks of that caliber, I swear it sends you through the five stages of grief.
Denial — “You didn’t just do that. No way.”
Anger — “Are you for real?! Get out!”
Bargaining — “Please tell me how you did that…”
Depression — “I wish I knew how to do that…”
Acceptance — “Alright, alright, he got me there.”
You can check out Drew’s next-level magic here.
After the magic madness, our very own Ken Svoboda and David Moncur shared with us their encouraging sentiments for our hard work as a team, and how truly awesome it is to have so many talented people bringing their passions to the table every day.
A toast to the team! On that note, it was time to eat.
At Moncur, we enjoy the foods, and The Detroit Foundation Hotel had the hookup.
On the Menu:
Hors d’oeuvre table — you bet I had to Google how to spell that — complete with dried fruits, crackers, chips, dips, and veggies. Very tasty.
Carving station—for the most amazing prime rib sliders.
Mini salad bar/salmon station—with options like dressed kale with currants and walnuts.
Cooked-to-order risotto station—to warm us up, if the whiskey didn’t!
CHURRO. BAR. — with your difficult pick of chocolate, caramel, or passionfruit sauce. Bless our cinnamon-sugar souls.
Throughout the night, as the photographer snapped away, we also got to take pictures of our own. The Moncur backdrop and perfect iPad setup made for the best red-carpet, GIF-making, funky-face photo booth. Here’s a recap of how photogenic and GIF-proficient we are…
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE. Drew made his second appearance to yet again blow our minds. First, he insisted on swallowing a five foot balloon. Kelly was sweet enough to ask if he was okay.
With the help of Krystal’s husband, Drew turned the Jaws movie poster into Spiderman, using obvious trickery, but followed with mind-reading magic and some serious moves that stumped us.
Next, Drew collected a signatured Benji from David, shredded it, and then magically made it appear, intact, in the center of an unpeeled orange.
And with the assistance of Kelly — he not only taught us a lesson in perseverance in your passion (himself becoming an illusionist), but also that you can make a table float and fly around the room. Whether you’re a creative, a surgeon, a homemaker, or a cashier, persevere and make your table fly! Actually, not if you’re a surgeon. That’s really dangerous and a lawsuit waiting to happen.
For his final trick… He showed us the magic in the moment. With some wizardry, a good grade in math, and perfect timing, he revealed to us the seemingly random number 12,217,850. Which, at the time, was December 2nd, 2017, at precisely 8:50 pm (see what he did there?!).
After all of the culinary beauty and illusionist mind-bending, we settled in the center of the room for Moncur’s version of the ‘Dundees’ (any Office fans out there?). However, nobody won for ‘Whitest Sneakers’, which is a shame because I polished mine every day.
The thoughtfulness and wholehearted truth put into these awards were not only entertaining, but inspiring. From Christina’s ‘Class Clown’, to Jen’s ‘Gold Standard’, to Shelby’s ‘Care Bear’, the awards were incredibly fitting for their respective winners.
As our culture does, it was a drink-sipping, food-loving, GIF-making, music-bumping, team-bonding, wonderfully magical night for Moncur.
…And we never found out what happened with that balloon.
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