Outside in the terrace there is a handsome man in his late sixties with salt and pepper hair, dressed in a gorgeous kilt. Next to me a group of friends in pink, green and black. Within view a man in a smoking jacket with a woman dressed in a sparkly black and white ballgown with long satin gloves. I'm in a black silk pantsuit with pearls. We are all having the meatloaf (with mashed potatoes and summer vegetables). Fuel for the next five hours, until Siegfried breaks the sleeping spell.