On Friday the 4th of February, the Victory Club at the end of the Paseo del Mar in the Marina Casa de Campo played host to the mensual Cafe de la Leche gathering and threw quiet a party!
As it was such a beautiful afternoon, with the sun shining and a light breeze rolling in off of the ocean, I decided to arrive at this months Cafe de la Leche uncharacteristically early – before 5pm and I was (unsurprisingly as it starts at 5pm) the first one there! Ceasing this rare opportunity to relax on my own, I ordered a ‘Tropical Mojito’ and sat in the Victory Club’s outside lounge area, which faces out to sea – the perfect place to watch the sunset or to enjoy a cheeky early afternoon cocktail! It was sheer bliss!
The Victory Club’s Sunset Lounge! Bliss!
Shortly after savoring my last few sips of Mojito the first few other guests arrived and it was back to business for me – photo taking, networking and a little more drinking mixed in with a bite to eat! The Cafe de la Leche, normally only openly welcomes ladies, but this month the invite was extended to the gentlemen of Casa de Campo and so the Victory quickly filled with more than 100 ladies and a handfull of daring gentlemen, who claimed to feel a little out of place, but were obviously loving all the female attention!
With such a large crowd the entirety of the Victory Club filled up – with groups gathering on the outside terrace which overlooks the Marina Casa de Campo and the Plaza Portofino (usually the main dining area), the main ‘dancing area’ or bar area was full with gossiping groups enjoying cocktails, nibbles and the music from a jazz duo, whilst outside in the lounge (mentioned above) many ladies gathered in the comfortable lounge chairs, where they relaxed and witnessed a stunning sunset over the ocean.
Isabel and Carlos Arriaza with Inge Demyttenaere, enjoying the view on the terrace.
All in all in it was a very successful, even Victory-ious gathering with a huge quantity of milk gathered for the Hogar del Niños crib room, where it will be used to feed the more than 200 babies cared for there every day.
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On Friday the 4th of February, the Victory Club at the end of the Paseo del Mar in the Marina Casa de Campo played host to the mensual Cafe de la Leche gathering and threw quiet a party!
As it was such a beautiful afternoon, with the sun shining and a light breeze rolling in off of the ocean, I decided to arrive at this months Cafe de la Leche uncharacteristically early – before 5pm and I was (unsurprisingly as it starts at 5pm) the first one there! Ceasing this rare opportunity to relax on my own, I ordered a ‘Tropical Mojito’ and sat in the Victory Club’s outside lounge area, which faces out to sea – the perfect place to watch the sunset or to enjoy a cheeky early afternoon cocktail! It was sheer bliss!
