1 March was quite the birthday month for Max. First we threw a surprise birthday/retirement combo party for Maxine!
2 Max's partner Cathy Graziani and her husband Mike Markowicz were kind enough to host the goings-on at their house in Glastonbury
3 Bar area all set to go with fixings for Max's "signature drink", Negronis
4 Max knew something was up, but she was still surprised
5 We brought wine for a supposed intimate dinner party
6 Max give's the "oh no, you didn't" look
7 One of the best surprises was her BFF Maureen who flew up from Charlotte just for the party
8 The Old Farms neighborhood crowd- Kerry Rugens, Kathy and Bruce Plumley, and Anne Rugens
9 Max with Anne Cassady, Karen Zabrenski, Leslie Rjeili, Jim Hoffman, and Maureen Beurskens
10 Friends from CBSRZ- Liz Jones, Clo Davis, and Ali Rosenblum
11 Dave's mom, Myra chatting with Becky and Billy Laughlin
12 Dave with Max's golfing buddies- Bonnie Hill and Carrie Gilroy
13 Eddie and Lorenzo, significant others of some of Max's office staff
14 More CBSRZ bigwigs- Sue Levine, Brad Jubilerer, Lary Bloom, and Steve Davis
15 Lori Jubilerer, Max, and Cathy Graziani
16 Cathy brings the birthday cake out and Max loses it
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18 After wiping away the tears, Max cuts the cake
19 Yes Max, it *is* gluten-free red velvet cake!
20 Two weeks later we were off to Las Vegas for a weekend trip to go to one of Maxine's bucket list restaurants, é by José Andrés. We flew out early on Friday and…
