Mid-Winter Opportunities

When we lived in Montreal in the late 1980s, winter parties helped keep morale high during the frigid winters. We enjoyed the New Year's Eve bash at a catering hall taking advantage of a tremendous $100 per couple package. The same caterer promoted Valentine's Day by offering the New Year's Eve guests a special early booking special.

This helped the caterer with a big cash infusion from a very satisfied and spirited group. Although the Valentine's Day party was less elaborate, we all had a great time and eagerly spread the news by word of mouth.

Montreal is a hockey town so Super Bowl Sunday is not the all out party day we have here in the USA. We were fortunate to be living in Montreal during a time when they won a Stanley Cup. Hockey parties were available almost every week.

Here in Washington, DC, our area saw record snowfall last year in February. The snow basically eliminated Super Bowl, Valentine's Day and President's Day weekend festivities. Everyone is hoping for better weather this year.