Tiger Wasteland

What a weekend!

We had been planning this for about a month and it was a huge smashing success. Sis had gotten a Murder Mystery Dinner game as a gift from a friend and we finally decided on a date to play and it was this past Saturday night.

It had a winery theme and the setting was the fabulous Underwood Wine Estates, which was the scene of the crime. We all had to show up in costume and everyone did fabulantastic, (still a word!).

Here was the cast of characters:

Ralph RottingGrape and Tiny Bubbles were our hosts. (The Good Doctor and his lovely wife were our hosts and their humble abode served as the party site.) They were the new owners of the vineyard so their lovely home was the scene of the crime.

Hedy Chablis (performed spectacularly by our lovely friend Betty) Her character was a vineyard competitor of the Underwood Estate and she was described as a hippie type flower child.

Otto Von Schnapps (performed by Betty's hubbie, Marco with Oscar winning zeal) His character was a German type dude with lederhosen, suspenders, and a feathered hat.

There was Marilyn Merlot (former Wine Princess who is now a low rate B-Movie Starlet slash whore who may or may not have been involved with the dead guy) She was played to the tilt by Aubie Junior's mom, Lady J. She wore the equivalent of the Ginger dress from Gilligan and had a tarnished tiara to boot. What a riot!

And then there was Papa Vito. He was supposed to be played by Lady J's new boy toy, Joey but he was out of town. So we had to call in our own Boy Toy, (slash Cabana Boy) Cooter Brown. (I will have to tell you the story of our first meeting with Cooter Brown for real in a later post.) His character was the father figure that tended the vines (in more ways than one).

So are you getting the picture yet?

Oh yeah, we were there too!

Sis was Bonnie Lass, a Scottish tourist mystery writer who was there just for the party (not a suspect) and Bro-In-Law was FBI Special Agent Bud Wizer (also not a suspect). They chose these roles only because they had done this before and wanted the others to have all the fun.

What about me?

Well, Blondie and I were the Staff of Underwood Wine Estates.

Someone had to be the party coordinator (me) and I wanted her to be my wait person. And we got to have fun watching the mystery unravel. Plus we put together the meal and served it and decorated so that the characters could play their parts. Wait until I post the pics!!

After the murderer was revealed (Papa Vito) we all got in the hot tub and stayed until 3AM.

(And yes, The Good Doctor eventually turned into Dr. Feelgood.)

And that's how I spent my weekend. And I can honestly say that I would not have had that much fun with any of the gay people I know. But those straight guys told me that they would not have had as much fun if my GAY self had not been there. Yep, I am doing my part to spread the GAY agenda. You know, the one where all those wackos are saying that we are trying to turn people gay. You know Gay IS the new straight. It is much more fun! Ha-Ha!