Our First Outing - Queretaro

Our very organized members, Beverly R. and Carol O. planned our first outing: A Tour of Queretaro. Eleven Red Hatters signed up and met at the bus station in San Miguel for our ride to Queretaro. Beverly made sure that the bus dropped us off at a convenient place to catch 3 taxis to the Historic Center. The cab driver of the cab I rode in was very interested to know what we were all about. We explained - he was delighted and smiled all the way - a very nice man.

When we arrived at the plaza we split up and walked around - some of us stopped at Harry's and had coffee, others strolled around the plaza. At the appropriate time we all met at the Tour Trolley for our tour around the historic center. It was bi-lingual and our tour guide was a charming young man who was fluent in English. We had a stop at the Cerro de las Campanas - a lovely, clean park where Maximillian had been executed. After the tour, we walked to the charming Hotel Rosa where Beverly and Carol had made reservations for our group. We had a delicious lunch and a lot of laughs. From the hotel we piled into cabs for the trip to the Queretaro bus station and back to San Miguel. A good time was had by all thanks to Carol and Beverly's great pre-planning. Here are a few pictures.

Queen Jeannie Meets Santa Fe Red Hats

Queens Jeannie & Carol in Santa Fe

I just returned from a very pleasant lunch at the Hotel Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico with a lovely group of about 20 ladies from the Santa Fe Red Hats. Their Queen Mum Carol and I had been in touch by email since before my trip to Santa Fe. I went to the Red Hat Society web site and looked up Santa Fe to see if there were any chapters there. Carol responded and invited me to their lunch today. They are a very active group of about 30 members. They meet for lunch once a month at this hotel. They decided to go the same place every month because the hotel is very accomodating in that they give a set price that includes lunch 4 or 5 choices, beverage, tax and tip. The queen passes an envelope around the table and everyone deposits their $12. Parking is easy there and is a good location for everyone. In addition to their regular lunch, they have a book/movie club that gets together once a month at someone's home. One month they will discuss a book that is chosen in advance and the next month they will discuss a movie. Their next book club will discuss Al Gore's movie about global warming.

Another activity they have is a monthly poker game - usually Texas Hold 'em. Occasionally they will have a special event - in October they are having a PJ party at one of the member's home. Everyone will have to wear purple PJ's and in the morning, they are actually going to go out to breakfast in their purple PJ's. That will be a sight!

So - if you plan on traveling somewhere, check out the Red Hat Society web site and find a Red Hat chapter at your destination - take along your red hat and have fun!

Red Hat Fourth of July

On the 4th of July, Cele & Curt Hahn hosted a picnic at their lovely home in the countryside near San Miguel Viejo. For this special occasion, spouses were invited. Cele had a lovely selection of munchables and then Curt grilled delicious hamburgers with all the trimmings. A fabulous time was had by all.