Sunday Dec 14- laying out the ground level -David Egger's expert handiwork. Steve Forrest had the idea of a house of cards. LB expanded the idea into the NYSE.
Monday Dec 15 - in the office. These set of "cards"were decorated by Kiley and McKenna Forrest
All face cards were hand-painted, with food-edible ink, by Linda Broudy. In Hank We Trust and Bail Out cards were further edited/corrected a day later.
The initial frieze and lintel of the NYSE. This was modified/replaced as construction went along.
The new edited cards
Tuesday, Dec 16 - the 2nd story was added, with considerable help from David.
Wed Dec 17 - the 3rd story was added by LB, Bob Metrey and Steve Forrest.
Had to add some filler to make the 3rd floor roof level.
The new frieze and lintel of the NYSE
Thursday, Dec 18 - the final finishing touches on the roof. Trees, sidewalks created out of extra face cards, and a marzipan bull and bear, as well as a street sign were added.
Note the 13 of spades - ctsy of Jeb
Thursday - Jeb's last minute contribution, in light of current news cycle of Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme
Bob Metrey's joker
Our card, listing our team members, our charity - JDRF - why we chose it and some other interesting statistics regarding the construction of our House of Cards
Friday, Dec 19 - moving the house out to Delamar Hotel across the street
First snowstorm of the season had started a couple hours earlier
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Made it in one piece to the Delamar Hotel for the Berkley holiday luncheon
WR Berkley has a real antique merry-go-round at his home in Greenwich
A present
NYC and Brooklyn Bridge
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The wolf
Little Red Riding Hood
Trains
One last shot. Our house "sold" at live auction for $10,000. W.R. Berkley Corp matches that figure 100%. Therefore, JDRF will receive $20,000 for our collective efforts!
