Theme: Green Finger

Location: The Rainforest Retreat, Seattle

Year: 2026

Art: Kyle Mertl

Invite Backstory:

My son John suggested we do a ‘00 Artichoke’ James Bond theme for the 2024 party but the horse was out of the barn with ‘Harvest and Bloom’. When ramping up for #18 we revisited the concept but my artistic chops weren’t up to the job so we called cousin Kyle, a great artist to help us execute ‘00 Artichoke.’

We started out with ‘license to grow’ but thought there would be confusion about what we were growing. We cycled through ‘license to mow’ and “license to go . . . to the party’ but they weren’t up to snuff.

And when we floated ‘green finger’ we couldn’t stop giggling so we knew we had a hit.

Party Highlights

TBD - See you there!