2015 AUTUMN LUNCHEON

November 9, 2015—52 ASH and friends gathered at Moran’s restaurant for the Autumn Luncheon. The traditional toasts were as follows: Mickey Fromkin—Victoria Regina, Lyndsay Faye—Irene Adler, Delia Vargas—Sherlock Holmes, Karen Wilson—John H. Watson, Bill VandeWater—Conan Doyle, and Marina Stajic and Nora Myers—Friendship.

Special toasts were given by Susan Rice on the centenary of John Bennett Shaw and William Baring-Gould and by Warren Randall to Dr. Joe Bell. E.J. Wagner discussed the real-life model for Charles Augustus Milverton, while Maggie Schnader’s topic was the opening of DEVI if had been written by James, Wodehouse, or Stout. And as always, we concluded with the traditional ASH songs, enhanced by Laurie Fraser Manifold’s clever illustrations of the song sheets.