The WELL Turns 25: The Ongoing Celebration
On the night of April 3, The WELL hosted a party for its members at Triptych, a San Francisco restaurant and lounge. An array of delectable hors d’oeuvres and festive cocktails kept the party-goers well fortified for the evening.
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Welcome to Triptych
Triptych’s bartender Ellie gamely dons an “Ellie NOTW” name tag.
The pour
A lovely Cȏtes du Rhȏne is the wine of choice
The eats
The crowd favorite is the the mini-crabcakes
Nightime festivities
jewel is one of a swirl of party-goers…
A toast to The WELL
From left: kyee, pellmell, misha, and jakew
Smiles
jewel and mcb, enjoying the food and cameraderie of the evening.
Living history
Communities Director gail flanked by fig, part of the original WELL management team, and Nancy Rhine, founder of Women’s Wire.
All this and chocolate beer?
jayson and Steve (Mr. gail) talk world affairs over a British chocolate stout
Celebration
Longtime WELL member mec shares a laugh with a WELL friend
Down with disco
Triptych’s powder room offers a deliciously tacky altar to the days of disco and its queen, Donna Summer.
Live from New York
From left: marvy and his wife Liz, who came all the way from the east coast, chat with smash
Woot!
misha and pellmell smile for the camera
A lively conversation
A gaggle of WELL members gather at a patio table.
Outdoor schmoozing
Kirk (friend of jbk), Anne (Mrs. jbk), gr8flred, esau, jbk, Steve (Mr. kathleen), kathleen
Hot enough for ya?
smash and mcb, probably talking about their shared passion for habaneros and other ultra-spicy chilis
Another photo op
pk, at left, joins gr8flred, rebop, and Nancy for a photo op
Not flustered anymore
chuck wears his old login, fluster, on his ID tag while his wife Pat has apparently forgotten her name entirely.
Party prizes for geeks
The party favor of the night is a spacer from the old retired NetApp machine
Old friends
Nancy, fig, and arto appear to have enjoyed the wine
A quiet moment
What are esau and mcow up to?
Party on
From left, putterer, kathbran, jb, Steve