While our club meetings are always enjoyable, the past couple of weeks have really been fun in the context of the season! First, our Halloween open house had several excellent recitations including a spooky poetry from Anne Peterson, a tale from Japanese folklore from Yuki Suzuki, a heart-racing chase from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow …
Blog 10/10/2023 Special Places The theme of this all-Table Topics meeting was Places. We learned all sorts of things about places that are special to our various members and guest. Who would ever guess that there is someplace you can go to have ice cream for breakfast? Who brought up childhood memories? What member has been …
At today’s meeting, Reema finished her three-part series on Finding Your Next Job. Shegave tips and suggestions to follow even when you are employed. She spoke ofkeeping a positive attitude and gave us tools to use. In each session, she covered waysToastmasters can help. Some of us in the audience are retired yet we learned …
What’s for Dessert? Who can go wrong when the theme of the meeting is Desserts? Toastmaster Reema revealed that sweets have been on her mind a lot, so the choice of theme seemed appropriate. She learned that Phil’s favorite dessert is his mother’s devil’s food cake with her special white frosting that developed a crust after a …
Hello! We celebrated our 43rd Anniversary today with a luncheon meeting at the Trellis Restaurant in Menlo Park. We were happy to have in attendance Susan Swope, a charter member of the club, and Bob Tokheim, who infamously joined the club a week after it chartered. Not many clubs can boast one member from their charter year, …
Hello! You never know what the day will bring! Today’s meeting could have been a disaster because several of our usual attendees were not able to be here, but it turned out to be awesome. We had four guests. Thanks to Naomi for inviting Allyson Brooks from G-Toasts to attend and take on the Master …
Dinner at my place would probably be a frittata with potatoes, carrots, scallions, and onion, and a small salad made from lettuce from my garden. And yes, there will be dessert—in this case a mango. That was the gist of my speech if someone were to drop by unexpectedly for dinner. Today’s appetizing theme was “What’s for Dinner”. …
Hello everyone! Today was our contest and we were treated to a very clever International Speech and Table Topics Response. Our International Speech contestant was Bob Tokheim whose speech “The Athlete’s Test and Spectator’s View” was a mix of prose and verse. During the contestant interview Bob shared that his love for poems and writing …
Hello everyone! Here’s a quick recap of today’s meeting. The theme was “Valentine’s Day”. Toastmaster Phil shared some interesting traditions from South Korea around Valentine’s Day and the white and black days in the months that follow. Naomi gave a very thoughtful speech on “The Words We Choose”. Did you know that natural gas (which …
Hello! Our theme for today’s meeting was Hope. Phil picked the theme of hope following a celebration of gratitude, and challenged us to think about the events going on in the world today and what is our hope for the future. Naomi gave us a speech with the intriguing title of “Well?”. Well, we have …